Officials previously announced that a person died from a brain-eating amoeba but could not verify where they were exposed to ...

Jaysen Carr, a Hand Middle School student, died July 18 after being exposed to Naegleria fowleri while swimming in Lake Murray in Columbia, S.C.

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

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

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A patient at Prisma Health Children's Hospital Midlands in South Carolina died after being infected with Naegleria fowleri, a ...

Funeral plans have been announced for the 12-year-old boy in South Carolina who died of Naegleria fowleri, commonly known as ...

Dr. Anna-Kathryn Burch, a pediatric infectious disease physician in South Carolina, said infections with the Naegleria ...

The amoeba can be found in warm freshwater but occasionally has been detected in tap water. The South Carolina health agency ...

A child in South Carolina has died after being infected with Naegleria fowleri, commonly referred to as brain-eating amoeba.

South Carolina health officials have confirmed a rare case of Naegleria fowleri, often called the "brain-eating amoeba," in ...

Jaysen Carr, a 12-year-old from the city of Columbia, died on July 18 after developing an infection associated with Naegleria ...