A 12-year-old boy died after he contracted a brain-eating amoeba while swimming in a South Carolina lake. Jaysen Carr came ...

A person has died after being infected with a brain-eating amoeba in South Carolina, officials announced. A patient at Prisma ...

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

In a tragic incident that has reignited health concerns, a child in South Carolina has died after contracting Naegleria fowleri, a rare but deadly brain-eating amoeba found in warm freshwater bodies ...

A Columbia family is mourning the loss of their young son, who died last week after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba ...

State health officials have confirmed a case of Naegleria fowleri, or brain-eating amoeba, in South Carolina the week of July ...

A child has died from a brain-eating amoeba at Prisma Health Children's Hospital – Midlands in South Carolina.

Rare cases of Naegleria fowleri can result in a severe infection in the brain, with infection fatal in around 95% of cases.

A young person in South Carolina has died after being exposed to a brain-eating amoeba at Lake Murray in the Columbia area.

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

On Tuesday, officials confirmed that a pediatric patient in Columbia, South Carolina, has died from Naegleria fowleri, also ...

A patient in a South Carolina children’s hospital has died of a brain-eating amoeba, according to the facility.