The family of 12-year-old Jaysen Carr is speaking out about the child's recent death from a brain-eating amoeba in an effort to raise public awareness of the often fatal brain infection caused by ...

A state environmental official said this week the state doesn't test freshwater bodies of water for deadly “brain-eating” ...

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

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

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

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

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.

For Clarence and Ebony Carr, the Fourth of July was supposed to be a carefree day on Lake Murray with family and friends. But two weeks later, their 12-year-old son, Jaysen, was gone — the result of ...

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 ...