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Parents want more warnings after a brain-eating amoeba killed their son on a South Carolina lake
Two weeks after spending the Fourth of July on a popular South Carolina lake, 12-year-old Jaysen Carr died from a ...
Boy Dies From Brain-Eating Amoeba After Swimming in S.C. Lake
Most people who come into contact with Naegleria fowleri never get sick. The amoeba can only infect a person when ...
Boy, 12, dies from brain-eating parasite that got up his nose after swimming in lake
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 ...
12-year-old boy killed by brain-eating amoeba after swim in South Carolina lake
Nationwide, there have only been 167 cases of Naegleria fowleri in the past 62 years — but only four of those survived, ...
Despite death, no elevated risk of amoeba at Lake Murray, health officials say
The state Department of Public Health presumes a fatal case of brain-eating amoeba came from Lake Murray, but risk of such ...
Rare illness claims child’s life after swimming in South Carolina lake
A rare brain-eating amoeba infection killed a 12-year-old child in after he swam in a South Carolina freshwater lake. Health ...