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

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

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

Two weeks after Jaysen Carr spent the Fourth of July swimming and riding on a boat on one of South Carolina’s most popular ...

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

A 12-year-old South Carolina boy has died after being infected by a rare, brain-eating amoeba found in freshwater.

A young person in South Carolina has died after being exposed to a brain-eating amoeba at Lake Murray in the Columbia area.

As they grieve their son, the boy's parents are speaking out to try to prevent anyone else from losing a child.

A 12-year-old boy has died from a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in a South Carolina lake over the July Fourth weekend.

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

Could a trip to the lake forever alter your life? For a South Carolina family, a happy Fourth of July on Lake Murray became unimaginable tragedy after their 12-year-old son, Jaysen Carr, died from ...

A 12-year-old South Carolina boy has died after being infected by a rare, brain-eating amoeba found in freshwater, his family ...