The family spoke in front of the media for the first time Tuesday, calling on state agencies to test fresh bodies of water ...

The family of 12-year-old Jaysen Carr is speaking out about the child's recent death from a brain-eating amoeba in an effort to raise public awareness of the often fatal brain infection caused by ...

A state environmental official said this week the state doesn't test freshwater bodies of water for deadly “brain-eating” ...

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

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 has died from a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in a South Carolina lake over the July Fourth weekend.

Officials with the Centers for Disease Control say climate change raising freshwater temperatures may contribute to ...

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

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

Concerns are growing around the Carolinas after a child died of a deadly brain amoeba in the midlands area of South Carolina.

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

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 ...