Naegleria fowleri, the rare, but deadly, so-called brain-eating amoeba, can be found in Pennsylvania's waters.

After Jaysen Carr's death, Rep. Jermaine Johnson said he wants to see changes in how the deadly infection is handled by state ...

Rare cases of Naegleria fowleri can result in a severe infection in the brain, with infection fatal in around 95% of cases.

A GoFundMe has been set up to support the family of the 12-year-old from South Carolina and has so far raised more than ...

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

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 ...

Most people would think that using a nasal irrigation device would be harmless to their health. For one woman, the results were fatal. The 71-year-old woman was staying at a campground in Texas.

Jaysen Carr, 12, died just weeks after swimming in Lake Murray in South Carolina. Now, his family is pushing for clearer ...

The Naegleria fowleri is a free-living amoeba, which is a one-celled organism that thrives in warm fresh water like lakes, ...

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

The case was initially confirmed the week of July 7, according to the South Carolina Department of Public Health.

A patient at the Prisma Health Children’s Hospital in the Midlands recently died as a result of the infection, Dr.