Two weeks after spending the Fourth of July on a popular South Carolina lake, 12-year-old Jaysen Carr died from a ...

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

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

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 ...

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

A 12-year-old boy named Jaysen Carr passed away in South Carolina after coming into contact with Naegleria fowleri while swimming in Lake Murray, according to his family. WIS News 10 reports that this ...

Their 12-year-old son died after contracting the rare amoeba while spending the Fourth of July swimming and boating on a lake ...

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

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

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