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

The state Department of Public Health presumes a fatal case of brain-eating amoeba came from Lake Murray, but risk of such ...

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

Most people who come into contact with Naegleria fowleri never get sick. The amoeba can only infect a person when ...

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

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

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

A 12-year-old South Carolina boy has died after being infected by a rare, brain-eating amoeba found in freshwater, his family ...

A fatal case of brain-eating amoeba has been reported in South Carolina, with health officials advising swimmers to take ...

COLUMBIA, South Carolina — Twelve-year-old Jaysen Carr died last week after contracting a rare but deadly organism known as ...

A young person in South Carolina has died after being exposed to a brain-eating amoeba at Lake Murray in the Columbia area.