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 ...