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

The parents of Jaysen Carr, a 12-year-old who died July 18 from a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in a South Carolina lake ...

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 ...

Their 12-year-old son died after contracting the rare amoeba while spending the Fourth of July swimming and boating on a lake ...

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

A deadly case of brain-eating amoeba in South Carolina is bringing renewed national attention to a test developed right here ...

Rare cases of Naegleria fowleri can result in a severe infection in the brain, with infection fatal in around 95% of cases.

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

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

The case was initially confirmed the week of July 7, according to the South Carolina Department of Public Health.

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