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

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 ...

A funeral for Jaysen Carter, 12-year-old Lake Murray amoeba victim, has been scheduled in Columbia, SC. Check times and dates for public services.

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.

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

His parents had no clue the brain-eating amoeba, whose scientific name is Naegleria fowleri, even existed in Lake Murray, just 15 miles (24 kilometers) west of Columbia.

The Brief Jaysen Carr became sick and passed away from a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in Lake Murray in South Carolina. Over 160 people are known to have died from the amoeba in the U.S. in ...

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.

Two weeks after spending the Fourth of July on a popular South Carolina lake, 12-year-old Jaysen Carr died from a brain-eating amoeba that was living in the warm water.

A 12-year-old boy has died from a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in a South Carolina lake over the July Fourth weekend. The amoeba enters the body through the nose and causes a fatal brain ...