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SC Dept. of Public Health confirmed the case of Naegleria fowleri was identified the week of July 7th but the agency hasn't ...
A 12-year-old boy in South Carolina died from a rare brain infection caused by Naegleria fowleri, a deadly amoeba found in ...
The state Department of Public Health presumes a fatal case of brain-eating amoeba came from Lake Murray, but risk of such ...
On Tuesday, officials confirmed that a pediatric patient has died from Naegleria fowleri, also known as the brain-eating ...
A child in South Carolina tragically died from a brain-eating amoeba infection after swimming in a local lake. Naegleria ...
The person in South Carolina contracted the infection from he Naegleria fowleri amoeba, commonly known as a brain-eating amoeba, after swimming in Lake Murray outside of Columbia, the state ...
Prisma Heath Richland Children's Hospital in Columbia confirmed Tuesday that a patient treated at their facility died from ...
Experts in the Midlands and across the state weighed in Tuesday after officials confirmed a deadly case involving a ...
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina family has identified a 12-year-old boy who died from a brain-eating amoeba. Jaysen Carr’s ...
Brain-eating amoeba is commonly found in warm fresh waters such as lakes, rivers and hot springs. It also resides in poorly ...
"Greater than 97% of cases that have occurred since the 1960's have been fatal. There have only been four cases in the U.S.
One person has died in South Carolina after recently contracting a rare case of a brain-eating amoeba that occurs naturally ...