Rare brain-eating amoeba killed South Carolina's 12-year-old boy after spending a joyful Fourth of July in a popualar lake ...

The parents of Jaysen Carr, a 12-year-old who died July 18 from a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in a South Carolina lake ...

The amoeba entered his brain through his nose, possibly when he jumped into Lake Murray, near Columbia, South Carolina. The CDC said 167 cases of the infection have been reported in the U.S. between ...

Jaysen Carr, 12, died nearly two weeks after he spent the Fourth of July swimming and riding on a boat in Lake Murray, west ...

A 12-year-old South Carolina boy has died after being infected by a rare, brain-eating amoeba found in freshwater.

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

The Carrs were joined by their attorney, Tyler Bailey, who said the family has not been contacted by any public health or ...