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

Two weeks after spending the Fourth of July on a popular South Carolina lake, 12-year-old Jaysen Carr died from a ...

A South Carolina family is mourning the loss of their young son, who died after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba from ...

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

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

My son was a very smart individual. If he had one warning, he would have thought swimming in the lake was a bad idea," the ...

The family of a 12-year-old South Carolina boy who died after contracting a rare infection associated with Naegleria fowleri ...

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

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

After several inquiries from the community, Action News Now investigated the claims. The pool does not have a brain-eating amoeba, but it is home to other creatures.

Star student Megan Ebenroth, 17, tragically died last month after contracting a rare, brain-eating amoeba while swimming in Georgia. The death was reported last month, but the victim’s identity ...