COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Grieving parents of a 12-year-old who died after contracting Naegleria Fowleri, an amoeba in Lake Murray, spoke out for the first time. The family spoke in front of the media ...

The family of a 12-year-old boy from South Carolina is grieving after he died from a brain-eating amoeba, according to a statement from their lawyer. Jaysen Carr died on July 18 after developing an ...

A South Carolina hospital patient died from Naegleria fowleri, a brain-eating amoeba, likely contracted at Lake Murray. Infection occurs when the amoeba enters the nose and travels to the brain, often ...

A Texas woman died after rinsing her sinus passages with tap water, but the brain-eating amoeba that killed her can be found in swimming spots like lakes and ponds across the country and in some ...

For years, scientists have known that people who use neti pots can become infected with a brain-eating amoeba if they use the wrong kind of water. On Wednesday, researchers linked a second kind of ...

Prisma Health officials in South Carolina have confirmed the death of one person because of an infection from the Naegleria fowleri amoeba, commonly known as a brain-eating amoeba. The person ...

A pediatric death from a "brain-eating amoeba" has been reported in South Carolina, according to health officials. Prisma Health Richland Hospital in Columbia publicly confirmed the death on July 22, ...

The parents of Jaysen Carr, who died July 18 from a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in a South Carolina lake, say warnings should be put in place Joshua Boucher/The State/Tribune News Service via ...

A man infected with primary amebic meningoencephalitis, or PAM, in Missouri has died, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reported Wednesday. The man died Tuesday at a St. Louis-area ...

A person is undergoing treatment after being diagnosed with a brain-eating amoeba infection in Missouri, officials announced. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (MODHSS) said in a ...