A child has died from a brain-eating amoeba infection at a South Carolina hospital, marking the state’s first known case of the devastating illness in nearly a decade. The patient succumbed to ...

The amoeba can be found in warm freshwater but occasionally has been detected in tap water. The agency stresses that infections are extremely rare, with fewer than 10 cases a year in the U.S.

Two weeks after spending the 4th of July on a popular South Carolina lake, 12-year-old Jaysen Carr died from a brain-eating amoeba that was living in the warm water.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A 12-year-old boy died from a brain-eating amoeba two weeks after a holiday weekend on a popular South Carolina lake. The brain-eating amoeba enters the body when water is ...

The identity of the patient who died after contracting brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri on July 18 in South Carolina has been disclosed by his family. The patient was a 12-year-old boy named ...

Jaysen Carr’s visitation and funeral will take place Friday and Saturday in Columbia. His death has been linked to a rare amoeba that may have come from Lake Murray.

ORLANDO, Fla. – A deadly case of brain-eating amoeba in South Carolina is bringing renewed national attention to a test developed right here in Central Florida. The patient, a young boy, died ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) — One person has died in South Carolina after recently contracting a rare case of a brain-eating amoeba that occurs naturally in freshwater, state health officials hav… ...