A deadly case of brain-eating amoeba in South Carolina is bringing renewed national attention to a test developed right here ...

The family of 12-year-old Jaysen Carr is speaking out about the child's recent death from a brain-eating amoeba in an effort to raise public awareness of the often fatal brain infection caused by ...

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 family spoke in front of the media for the first time Tuesday, calling on state agencies to test fresh bodies of water ...

Attorney and Columbia City Councilman Tyler Bailey was hired by the family to independently investigate the child’s death.

A lawyer for the family of 12-year-old Jaysen Carr said he died on July 18 after contracting a deadly infectious amoeba while ...

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

Officials with the Centers for Disease Control say climate change raising freshwater temperatures may contribute to ...

Two weeks after Jaysen Carr spent the Fourth of July swimming and riding on a boat on one of South Carolina's most popular ...

Jaysen Carr, a 12-year-old from the city of Columbia, died on July 18 after developing an infection associated with Naegleria ...

The parents of Jaysen Carr, a 12-year-old who died July 18 from a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in a South Carolina lake ...

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