A 12-year-old boy died from a brain-eating amoeba two weeks after a holiday weekend on a popular South Carolina lake. The ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

After several inquiries from the community, Action News Now investigated the claims. The pool does not have a brain-eating amoeba, but it is home to other creatures.

Dr. Linda Bell, a South Carolina State Epidemiologist, told WIS News 10 that there should not be widespread concern about Carr's diagnosis ...

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

The parents of Jaysen Carr are calling for freshwater testing and public alerts after their son died of a brain infection ...

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

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