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

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

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

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

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 ...

A lawyer for the family of 12-year-old Jaysen Carr said he died on July 18 after contracting a deadly infectious amoeba while ...

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

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

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