The Naegleria fowleri is a free-living amoeba, which is a one-celled organism that thrives in warm fresh water like lakes, ...

Prisma Health Children’s Hospital in South Carolina reported a fatal Naegleria fowleri infection, commonly known as the brain ...

The amoeba can be found in warm freshwater but occasionally has been detected in tap water. The South Carolina health agency ...

The case was initially confirmed the week of July 7, according to the South Carolina Department of Public Health.

Rare cases of Naegleria fowleri can result in a severe infection in the brain, with infection fatal in around 95% of cases.

"Greater than 97% of cases that have occurred since the 1960's have been fatal. There have only been four cases in the U.S.

A patient in a South Carolina children’s hospital has died of a brain-eating amoeba, according to the facility.

A patient at the Prisma Health Children’s Hospital in the Midlands recently died as a result of the infection, Dr.

The brain-eating amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, is rare but deadly. Here's how you can contract it and what symptoms to watch out for.

Prisma Heath Richland Children's Hospital in Columbia confirmed Tuesday that a patient treated at their facility died from ...