A rare brain-eating amoeba infection killed a 12-year-old child in after he swam in a South Carolina freshwater lake. Health ...

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

A person has died after being infected with a brain-eating amoeba in South Carolina, officials announced. A patient at Prisma ...

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

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

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

South Carolina health officials have confirmed a rare case of Naegleria fowleri, often called the "brain-eating amoeba," in ...

Funeral plans have been announced for the 12-year-old boy in South Carolina who died of Naegleria fowleri, commonly known as ...

A child has died from a brain-eating amoeba at Prisma Health Children's Hospital – Midlands in South Carolina.

The amoeba can be found in warm freshwater but occasionally has been detected in tap water. The South Carolina health agency ...

On Tuesday, officials confirmed that a pediatric patient in Columbia, South Carolina, has died from Naegleria fowleri, also ...

A patient in a South Carolina children’s hospital has died of a brain-eating amoeba, according to the facility.