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 ...

Naegleria fowleri, the rare, but deadly, so-called brain-eating amoeba, can be found in Pennsylvania's waters.

A deadly case of brain-eating amoeba in South Carolina is bringing renewed national attention to a test developed right here ...

Infections caused by Naegleria fowleri can lead to symptoms including fever, seizures, hallucinations and death.

"The South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) was made aware of Naegleria fowleri in our state on the week of July 7.

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

A 12-year-old boy died from a brain-eating amoeba two weeks after a holiday weekend on a popular South Carolina lake. The ...

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 ...

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

The family of 12-year-old Jaysen Carr is speaking out about the child's recent passing from a brain-eating amoeba in an ...

The case was initially confirmed the week of July 7, according to the South Carolina Department of Public Health.

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