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 ...

A lawyer for the family of 12-year-old Jaysen Carr said he died on July 18 after contracting a deadly infectious amoeba while ...

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

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

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

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 12-year-old Jaysen Carr is speaking out about the child's recent death from a brain-eating amoeba in an effort to raise public awareness of the often fatal brain infection caused by ...

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.