Two weeks after spending the Fourth of July on a popular South Carolina lake, 12-year-old Jaysen Carr died from a ...

A 12-year-old boy has died from a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in a South Carolina lake over the July Fourth weekend.

Attorney and Columbia City Councilman Tyler Bailey was hired by the family to independently investigate the child’s death.

Officials with the Centers for Disease Control say climate change raising freshwater temperatures may contribute to ...

Could a trip to the lake forever alter your life? For a South Carolina family, a happy Fourth of July on Lake Murray became unimaginable tragedy after their 12-year-old son, Jaysen Carr, died from ...

A fatal case of brain-eating amoeba has been reported in South Carolina, with health officials advising swimmers to take ...

Nationwide, there have only been 167 cases of Naegleria fowleri in the past 62 years — but only four of those survived, ...

The parents of Jaysen Carr are calling for freshwater testing and public alerts after their son died of a brain infection ...

Brain-eating amoeba is commonly found in warm fresh waters such as lakes, rivers and hot springs. It also resides in poorly ...

The parents of Jaysen Carr -- the 12-year-old Hand Middle School student who passed away from a brain-eating amoeba known as ...

Tyler Bailey, a Columbia attorney, has been hired to conduct an independent investigation into the patient's death.

Funeral services for a 12-year-old Columbia-area middle school student who died July 18 after contracting a rare amoeba from ...