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

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

A fatal case of brain-eating amoeba has been reported in South Carolina, with health officials advising swimmers to take ...

The South Carolina Department of Public Health confirmed to our sister station, WIS, Monday evening that there is a case of a ...

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

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

A person has died after they contracted an infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba at a South Carolina lake recently, ...

A 12-year-old boy in South Carolina has died after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba, the same infection linked to the deaths of a Texas woman earlier this year and a 3-year-old in Arlington in ...

SC Dept. of Public Health confirmed the case of Naegleria fowleri was identified the week of July 7th but the agency hasn't ...

Jaysen Carr, a 12-year-old from the city of Columbia, died on July 18 after developing an infection associated with Naegleria ...

The identity of the South Carolina resident who was the victim of a recent, fatal “brain-eating amoeba” discovery has been uncovered, and it was a 12-year-old boy.