Naegleria fowleri, a brain-eating amoeba that thrives in warm freshwater, is rarely contracted but nearly always fatal, according to the CDC.

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

A rare brain-eating amoeba infection killed a 12-year-old child in after he swam in a South Carolina freshwater lake. Health ...

Brain-eating amoeba is commonly found in warm fresh waters such as lakes, rivers and hot springs. It also resides in poorly ...

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

Funeral services for a 12-year-old Columbia-area middle school student who died July 18 after contracting a rare amoeba from ...

A Columbia family is mourning the loss of their young son, who died after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba from ...

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

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

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

Prisma Heath Richland Children's Hospital in Columbia confirmed Tuesday that a patient treated at their facility died from ...

The state Department of Public Health presumes a fatal case of brain-eating amoeba came from Lake Murray, but risk of such ...