A TWELVE-year-old boy passed away after being infected by a brain-eating parasite while swimming in a lake. Jaysen Carr died on July 18 after swimming in Lake Murray, a large reservoir in the US ...

Tyler Bailey, a Columbia attorney, has been hired to conduct an independent investigation into the patient's death.

A 12-year-old boy, Jaysen Carr, tragically died in South Carolina, US after his brain was infected by a parasite called ...

Most people who come into contact with Naegleria fowleri never get sick. The amoeba can only infect a person when ...

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

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 child in South Carolina has died after being infected with Naegleria fowleri, commonly referred to as brain-eating amoeba.

The family of a 12-year-old South Carolina boy who died after contracting a rare infection associated with Naegleria fowleri will speak to the media Tuesday afternoon.

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 infection destroys brain tissue, which is why the infection is commonly referred to as a brain-eating amoeba.

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

The state Department of Public Health presumes a fatal case of brain-eating amoeba came from Lake Murray, but risk of such ...