Following the death of a Columbia boy from a rare amoeba infection that his family said originated from Lake Murray, some ...

Officials previously announced that a person died from a brain-eating amoeba but could not verify where they were exposed to ...

The child is believed to have been exposed to the deadly organism while swimming in South Carolina's Lake Murray ...

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

Funeral plans have been announced for the 12-year-old boy in South Carolina who died of Naegleria fowleri, commonly known as ...

A Columbia family is mourning the loss of their young son, who died last week after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba ...

A hospital patient who was infected with brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri in South Carolina has died. Health ...

"The South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) was made aware of Naegleria fowleri in our state on the week of July 7.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Prisma Richland Children’s Hospital in Columbia has confirmed that a patient treated at their facility has ...

The family of 12-year-old Hand Middle School Student Jaysen Carr announced he died from a brain-eating amoeba infection contracted at the popular Midlands lake.

A GoFundMe has been set up to support the family of the 12-year-old from South Carolina and has so far raised more than ...

From marshes, rivers and the ocean, how susceptible are Lowcountry waters to brain-eating amoebas? Here’s what to know and ...