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Infections caused by Naegleria fowleri can lead to symptoms including fever, seizures, hallucinations and death.
A 12-year-old boy has died from a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in a South Carolina lake over the July Fourth weekend ...
Two weeks after spending the Fourth of July on a popular South Carolina lake, 12-year-old Jaysen Carr died from a ...
After Jaysen Carr's death, Rep. Jermaine Johnson said he wants to see changes in how the deadly infection is handled by state ...
Most people would think that using a nasal irrigation device would be harmless to their health. For one woman, the results ...
A deadly case of brain-eating amoeba in South Carolina is bringing renewed national attention to a test developed right here ...
A lawyer for the family of 12-year-old Jaysen Carr said he died on July 18 after contracting a deadly infectious amoeba while ...
Nationwide, there have only been 167 cases of Naegleria fowleri in the past 62 years — but only four of those survived, ...
Officials previously announced that a person died from a brain-eating amoeba but could not verify where they were exposed to ...
A fatal case of brain-eating amoeba has been reported in South Carolina, with health officials advising swimmers to take ...
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 ...
A patient at Prisma Health Children's Hospital Midlands in South Carolina died after being infected with Naegleria fowleri, a ...