Two weeks after spending the Fourth of July on a popular South Carolina lake, 12-year-old Jaysen Carr died from a ...

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

A lawyer for the family of 12-year-old Jaysen Carr said he died on July 18 after contracting a deadly infectious amoeba while ...

Their 12-year-old son died after contracting the rare amoeba while spending the Fourth of July swimming and boating on a lake ...

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 ...

My son was a very smart individual. If he had one warning, he would have thought swimming in the lake was a bad idea," the ...

Infections caused by Naegleria fowleri can lead to symptoms including fever, seizures, hallucinations and death.

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

The family of 12-year-old Jaysen Carr is speaking out about the child's recent passing from a brain-eating amoeba in an ...

The family spoke in front of the media for the first time Tuesday, calling on state agencies to test fresh bodies of water ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The parents of a South Carolina boy who died from an amoeba spoke publicly for the first time on ...

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