Attorney and Columbia City Councilman Tyler Bailey was hired by the family to independently investigate the child's death.

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

Jaysen Carr, 12, died just weeks after swimming in Lake Murray in South Carolina. Now, his family is pushing for clearer ...

A TWELVE-year-old boy passed away after being infected by a brain-eating parasite while swimming in a lake. Jaysen Carr died on July 18 after swimming in Lake Murray, a large reservoir in the US ...

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

Tyler Bailey, a Columbia attorney, has been hired to conduct an independent investigation into the patient's death.

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

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

A rare brain-eating amoeba infection killed a 12-year-old child in after he swam in a South Carolina freshwater lake. Health ...