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 ...

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 ...

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

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

Stories of brain-eating amoebas and flesh-eating bacteria are frightening. Here's what swimmers in North Carolina should know ...

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