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

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

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 ...

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

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

A young person in South Carolina has died after being exposed to a brain-eating amoeba at Lake Murray in the Columbia area.

SALUDA COUNTY, S.C. — The body of a missing boater has been recovered along the Saluda County side at Lake Murray.

As they grieve their son, the boy's parents said they were stunned to learn South Carolina, like most other U.S. states, has ...

SALUDA, S.C. — The Saluda County Coroner's Office is confirming that a teenager died in a boating accident on Lake Murray.

A teenager was found dead in a South Carolina lake this week, officials said. Sister-station WIS reported that 17-year-old ...

The amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, thrives in warm freshwater during summer and causes a brain infection that is nearly always fatal.

Jaysen Carr, a 12-year-old from the city of Columbia, died on July 18 after developing an infection associated with Naegleria fowleri in Lake Murray, according to a statement released by the family’s ...