Nationwide, there have only been 167 cases of Naegleria fowleri in the past 62 years — but only four of those survived, ...

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

A patient at Prisma Health Children's Hospital Midlands in South Carolina died after being infected with Naegleria fowleri, a ...

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

Rare cases of Naegleria fowleri can result in a severe infection in the brain, with infection fatal in around 95% of cases.

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

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

The family of a 12-year-old boy who recently died of Naegleria fowleri, commonly known as the brain-eating amoeba, has hired ...

Dr. Anna-Kathryn Burch, a pediatric infectious disease physician in South Carolina, said infections with the Naegleria ...

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

The person in South Carolina contracted the infection from he Naegleria fowleri amoeba, commonly known as a brain-eating amoeba, after swimming in Lake Murray outside of Columbia, the state ...

The identity of the South Carolina resident who was the victim of a recent, fatal “brain-eating amoeba” discovery has been ...