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

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

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

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

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 ...

Jaysen Carr, 12, sadly died after being struck down by a deadly bacterial infection whilst visiting Lake Murray in Columbia, ...

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

COLUMBIA, South Carolina — Twelve-year-old Jaysen Carr died last week after contracting a rare but deadly organism known as ...

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

The state Department of Public Health presumes a fatal case of brain-eating amoeba came from Lake Murray, but risk of such ...

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