Attorney and Columbia City Councilman Tyler Bailey was hired by the family to independently investigate the child's death.

A TWELVE-year-old boy passed away after being infected by a brain-eating parasite while swimming in a lake. Jaysen Carr died on July 18 after swimming in Lake Murray, a large reservoir in the US ...

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

A 12-year-old boy died from a brain-eating amoeba two weeks after a holiday weekend on a popular South Carolina lake.The ...

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

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

The amoeba entered his brain through his nose, possibly when he jumped into Lake Murray, near Columbia. The CDC said 167 ...

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

Two weeks after spending the Fourth of July on a popular South Carolina lake, 12-year-old Jaysen Carr died from a ...

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

The South Carolina Department of Public Health confirmed Tuesday that the person who died from a brain-eating amoeba was ...

Funeral services for a 12-year-old Columbia-area middle school student who died July 18 after contracting a rare amoeba from ...