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

Dr. Anna-Kathryn Burch, a pediatric infectious disease physician in South Carolina, said infections with the Naegleria ...

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

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

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

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

Jaysen Carr’s visitation and funeral will take place Friday and Saturday in Columbia. His death has been linked to a rare ...

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

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

The amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, thrives in warm freshwater during summer and causes a brain infection that is nearly always fatal.

Jaysen Carr, a Hand Middle School student, died July 18 after being exposed to Naegleria fowleri while swimming in Lake Murray in Columbia, S.C.