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12-year-old who died of brain-eating amoeba at Lake Murray ID'd: How to stay safe
Tyler Bailey, a Columbia attorney, has been hired to conduct an independent investigation into the patient's death.
Boy, 12, dies from brain-eating parasite that got up his nose after swimming in lake
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 ...
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Family IDs 12-year-old boy who died from rare amoeba in SC lake
Funeral services for a 12-year-old Columbia-area middle school student who died July 18 after contracting a rare amoeba from ...
Despite death, no elevated risk of amoeba at Lake Murray, health officials say
The state Department of Public Health presumes a fatal case of brain-eating amoeba came from Lake Murray, but risk of such ...
Hundreds gather to celebrate life of 12-year-old deadly amoeba victim Jaysen Carr
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - On Saturday, the Midlands community rallied around the family of 12-year-old Jaysen Carr. Carr was a student at Hand Middle School who died after being infected with an amoeba ...