Two weeks after spending the Fourth of July on a popular South Carolina lake, 12-year-old Jaysen Carr died from a ...

A child in South Carolina has died after being infected with Naegleria fowleri, commonly referred to as brain-eating amoeba.

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 ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A 12-year-old boy died from a brain-eating amoeba two weeks after a holiday weekend on a popular South Carolina lake. The brain-eating amoeba enters the body when water is forced ...

Jaysen Carr, 12, died just weeks after swimming in Lake Murray in South Carolina. Now, his family is pushing for clearer public safety warnings and stronger community awareness.

My son was a very smart individual. If he had one warning, he would have thought swimming in the lake was a bad idea," the boy's father said.

Jaysen Carr, 12, died nearly two weeks after he spent the Fourth of July swimming and riding on a boat in Lake Murray, west ...

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

Most of the deaths happened within five days of getting sick, according to the CDC. Lake Murray in South Carolina is seen in this photo on July 29, 2025, in Chapin, S.C. Credit: AP/Meg Kinnard ...

Jaysen Carr's parents had no idea his headaches and nausea were being caused by an organism called naegleria fowleri, which ...

While health officials presume that recent fatal case of Naegleria fowleri, or brain-eating amoeba, came from Lake Murray, the lake is not at an elevated risk, the state said.