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

A tragic death in South Carolina has reignited fears about the rare but deadly brain-eating amoeba. Experts warn the first ...

A 12-year-old boy died after he contracted a brain-eating amoeba while swimming in a South Carolina lake. Jaysen Carr came ...

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

Officials previously announced that a person died from a brain-eating amoeba but could not verify where they were exposed to it.

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

A patient in a South Carolina children’s hospital has died of a brain-eating amoeba, according to the facility.

Naegleria fowleri is also called the "brain-eating amoeba" because of its ability to infect the brain and destroy tissue. The ...

The South Carolina Department of Public Health confirmed to our sister station, WIS, Monday evening that there is a case of a ...

A person has died after they contracted an infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba at a South Carolina lake recently, ...

A child in South Carolina tragically died from a brain-eating amoeba infection after swimming in a local lake. Naegleria ...

Jaysen Carr, a 12-year-old from the city of Columbia, died on July 18 after developing an infection associated with Naegleria ...