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

As they grieve their son, the boy's parents are speaking out to try to prevent anyone else from losing a child.

Jaysen Carr died nearly two weeks after he spent the Fourth of July swimming and riding on a boat in Lake Murray, west of Columbia. After returning from the lake, his parents said the boy complained ...

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 ...

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 ...

LAKE MURRAY, S.C. (WBTV) - A teenager was found dead in a South Carolina lake this week, officials said. Sister-station WIS ...

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

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

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

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