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

LAKE MURRAY, S.C. (WBTV) - A person has died after they contracted an infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba at a South ...

Brain-eating amoeba is commonly found in warm fresh waters such as lakes, rivers and hot springs. It also resides in poorly ...

A young person in South Carolina has died after being exposed to a brain-eating amoeba at Lake Murray in the Columbia area.

A child has died from a brain-eating amoeba at Prisma Health Children's Hospital – Midlands in South Carolina.

Dr. Anna-Kathryn Burch, a pediatric infectious disease physician in South Carolina, said infections with the Naegleria fowleri amoeba are "very devastating." ...

"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.

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

Prisma Health Children's Hospital says a Midlands child has died after exposure to a freshwater amoeba known as naegleria ...

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

Before you jump into any freshwater pond or lake, medical experts are urging you to think about the possible risks, such as brain-eating amoeba.