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

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

Brain-eating amoeba is commonly found in warm fresh waters such as lakes, rivers and hot springs. It also resides in poorly ...

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

Dr. Anna-Kathryn Burch, a pediatric infectious disease physician in South Carolina, said infections with the Naegleria fowleri amoeba are "very devastating." ...

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Jaysen Carr’s visitation and funeral will take place Friday and Saturday in Columbia. His death has been linked to a rare ...

State health officials have confirmed a case of Naegleria fowleri, or brain-eating amoeba, in South Carolina the week of July ...

A child has died from a brain-eating amoeba at Prisma Health Children's Hospital – Midlands in South Carolina.

The amoeba can be found in warm freshwater but occasionally has been detected in tap water. The South Carolina health agency ...

The family of a 12-year-old boy who recently died of Naegleria fowleri, commonly known as the brain-eating amoeba, has hired ...

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