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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jaysen Carr’s visitation and funeral will take place Friday and Saturday in Columbia. His death has been linked to a rare ...

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