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

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

The parents of Jaysen Carr, a 12-year-old who died July 18 from a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in a South Carolina lake ...

The infection destroys brain tissue, which is why the infection is commonly referred to as a brain-eating amoeba.

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

The family of a 12-year-old South Carolina boy who died after contracting a rare infection associated with Naegleria fowleri ...

A 12-year-old boy in South Carolina has died after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba, the same infection linked to the deaths of a Texas woman earlier this year and a 3-year-old in Arlington in ...

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

Infections caused by Naegleria fowleri can lead to symptoms including fever, seizures, hallucinations and death.

Rare brain-eating amoeba killed South Carolina's 12-year-old boy after spending a joyful Fourth of July in a popualar lake ...

Naegleria fowleri, the rare, but deadly, so-called brain-eating amoeba, can be found in Pennsylvania's waters.

A woman in Texas died after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba infection from using tap water to clear out her sinuses, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced.