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A patient at Prisma Health Children's Hospital Midlands in South Carolina died after being infected with Naegleria fowleri, a ...
A fatal case of brain-eating amoeba has been reported in South Carolina, with health officials advising swimmers to take ...
Health officials in South Carolina have confirmed that a child who contracted a brain-eating amoeba earlier this month has ...
The South Carolina Department of Public Health has confirmed a case of a brain-eating amoeba. Officials say Naegleria fowleri ...
Officials previously announced that a person died from a brain-eating amoeba but could not verify where they were exposed to it.
The Naegleria fowleri is a free-living amoeba, which is a one-celled organism that thrives in warm fresh water like lakes, ...
A 12-year-old boy died after he contracted a brain-eating amoeba while swimming in a South Carolina lake. Jaysen Carr came ...
Jaysen Carr, a 12-year-old from the city of Columbia, died on July 18 after developing an infection associated with Naegleria ...
The South Carolina Department of Public Health confirmed to our sister station, WIS, Monday evening that there is a case of a ...
A patient in a South Carolina children’s hospital has died of a brain-eating amoeba, according to the facility.
Child dies from brain-eating amoeba in South Carolina - A child has died from a brain-eating amoeba at Prisma Health Children ...