As they grieve their son, the boy's parents said they were stunned to learn South Carolina, like most other U.S. states, has ...

Jaysen Carr died after contracting a rare infection brought on by a freshwater amoeba reportedly in a South Carolina lake.

The infection destroys brain tissue, which is why the infection is commonly referred to as a brain-eating amoeba.

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

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

A 12-year-old South Carolina boy has died after being infected by a rare, brain-eating amoeba found in freshwater, his family ...

The family spoke in front of the media for the first time Tuesday, calling on state agencies to test fresh bodies of water ...

A patient at Prisma Health Children's Hospital Midlands in South Carolina died after being infected with Naegleria fowleri, a brain-eating amoeba, Dr. Anna Kathryn Burch, a pediatric infectious ...

The Naegleria fowleri is a free-living amoeba, which is a one-celled organism that thrives in warm fresh water like lakes, ...

Officials with the Centers for Disease Control say climate change raising freshwater temperatures may contribute to ...