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

A GoFundMe has been set up to support the family of the 12-year-old from South Carolina and has so far raised more than ...

A lawyer for the family of 12-year-old Jaysen Carr said he died on July 18 after contracting a deadly infectious amoeba while ...

A 12-year-old boy in South Carolina died from a rare brain infection caused by Naegleria fowleri, a deadly amoeba found in ...

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

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

Stories of brain-eating amoebas and flesh-eating bacteria are frightening. Here's what swimmers in North Carolina should know ...

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

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

On Tuesday, officials confirmed that a pediatric patient in Columbia, South Carolina, has died from Naegleria fowleri, also ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The family of a 12-year-old boy has identified him as the person who died from a brain-eating amoeba. Jaysen ...

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