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

After Jaysen Carr's death, Rep. Jermaine Johnson said he wants to see changes in how the deadly infection is handled by state ...

South Carolina parents can go into the 2025-2026 school year with one less thing on their plate thanks to a new online ...

Their 12-year-old son died after contracting the rare amoeba while spending the Fourth of July swimming and boating on a lake ...

Dr. Linda Bell, a South Carolina State Epidemiologist, told WIS News 10 that there should not be widespread concern about Carr's diagnosis ...

A state environmental official said this week the state doesn't test freshwater bodies of water for deadly “brain-eating” ...

A heartbroken father has issued a warning after his son died after swimming in a popular spot in South Carolina. A family has ...

The amoeba entered his brain through his nose, possibly when he jumped into Lake Murray, near Columbia, South Carolina. The CDC said 167 cases of the infection have been reported in the U.S. between ...

Jaysen Carr died from a rare brain-eating amoeba after swimming in Lake Murray. His family says no state officials have contacted them.