Two weeks after Jaysen Carr spent the Fourth of July swimming and riding on a boat on one of South Carolina's most popular ...

My son was a very smart individual. If he had one warning, he would have thought swimming in the lake was a bad idea," the ...

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

COLUMBIA, S.C. - A 12-year-old boy died from a brain-eating amoeba two weeks after a holiday weekend on South Carolina’s ...

Ever tear a drumstick off that rotisserie chicken for the drive home? We won't judge, we just want to know your go-to grocery ...

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

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

Officials with the Centers for Disease Control say climate change raising freshwater temperatures may contribute to conditions that allow the amoeba to thrive.

A lawyer for the family of 12-year-old Jaysen Carr said he died on July 18 after contracting a deadly infectious amoeba while ...

A visitation was held this afternoon (Friday, July 25) for Jaysen Carr, the 12-year-old boy who died after contracting a ...

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