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Parents want more warnings after a brain-eating amoeba killed their son on a South Carolina lake

Two weeks after 12-year-old Jaysen Carr went swimming on the Fourth of July, he was dead from an amoeba that entered his ...

What to know about the brain-eating amoeba that killed a child swimming in a lake

A 12-year-old boy died from a brain-eating amoeba two weeks after a holiday weekend on a popular South Carolina lake .

Parents of boy who died from brain-eating amoeba "don't want his death to be in vain"

The family of 12-year-old Jaysen Carr is speaking out about the child's recent passing from a brain-eating amoeba in an ...

Parents of South Carolina child who died from brain-eating amoeba call for action, awareness

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The parents of 12-year-old Jaysen Carr, who died earlier this month after contracting a rare brain-eating ...

Parents want more warnings after a brain-eating amoeba killed their boy on a South Carolina lake

Two weeks after Jaysen Carr spent the Fourth of July swimming and riding on a boat on one of South Carolina’s most popular lakes, he was dead from an amoeba that lives in the warm water and entered ...