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

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.

A child in South Carolina has died after being infected with Naegleria fowleri, commonly referred to as brain-eating amoeba.

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

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

"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 ...

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

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