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

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

Jaysen Carr died after contracting a rare infection brought on by a freshwater amoeba reportedly in a South Carolina lake.

The family of a 12-year-old South Carolina boy who died after contracting a rare infection associated with Naegleria fowleri ...

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

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A 12-year-old boy died from a brain-eating amoeba two weeks after a holiday weekend on a popular South ...

The family of 12-year-old Jaysen Carr is speaking out about the child's recent passing from a brain-eating amoeba.In a new conference Tuesday in Columbia, South Carolina, Carr's parents said they ...

Naegleria fowleri, the brain-eating amoeba, poses a rare but deadly threat in warm, untreated freshwater during summer. Infections occur when contamin ...