Infections caused by Naegleria fowleri can lead to symptoms including fever, seizures, hallucinations and death.

Most people who come into contact with Naegleria fowleri never get sick. The amoeba can only infect a person when ...

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

A GoFundMe has been set up to support the family of the 12-year-old from South Carolina and has so far raised more than ...

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

The infection destroys brain tissue, which is why the infection is commonly referred to as a brain-eating amoeba.

The Naegleria fowleri is a free-living amoeba, which is a one-celled organism that thrives in warm fresh water like lakes, ...

Officials previously announced that a person died from a brain-eating amoeba but could not verify where they were exposed to it.

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

The state Department of Public Health presumes a fatal case of brain-eating amoeba came from Lake Murray, but risk of such ...

Community members in South Carolina continue to rally around the family of 12-year-old Jaysen Carr, who died after being ...