Nationwide, there have only been 167 cases of Naegleria fowleri in the past 62 years — but only four of those survived, ...

Funeral plans have been announced for the 12-year-old boy in South Carolina who died of Naegleria fowleri, commonly known as ...

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

The family of a 12-year-old boy who recently died of Naegleria fowleri, commonly known as the brain-eating amoeba, has hired ...

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

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 ...

South Carolina health officials have confirmed a rare case of Naegleria fowleri, often called the "brain-eating amoeba," in ...

Jaysen Carr, 12, died from a rare brain infection he reportedly contracted in Lake Murray. His funeral is being live-streamed from Columbia.

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

A child has died from a brain-eating amoeba at Prisma Health Children's Hospital – Midlands in South Carolina.