Jaysen Carr's parents had no idea his headaches and nausea were being caused by an organism called naegleria fowleri, which ...

The family of a 12-year-old South Carolina boy who died after contracting a rare infection associated with Naegleria fowleri ...

A GoFundMe has been set up to support the family of the 12-year-old from South Carolina and has so far raised more than ...

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

A 12-year-old boy has died from a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in a South Carolina lake over the July Fourth weekend ...

Infections caused by Naegleria fowleri can lead to symptoms including fever, seizures, hallucinations and death.

The family of 12-year-old Jaysen Carr is speaking out about the child's recent passing from a brain-eating amoeba in an effort to raise public awareness of the often fatal brain infection caused by ...

Jaysen Carr, 12, died a week after a trip to a North Carolina lake where a water-based amoeba entered his brain through his ...

"The South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) was made aware of Naegleria fowleri in our state on the week of July 7.

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

Naegleria fowleri, the rare, but deadly, so-called brain-eating amoeba, can be found in Pennsylvania's waters.

Officials previously announced that a person died from a brain-eating amoeba but could not verify where they were exposed to ...