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 ...

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

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

Tyler Bailey, a Columbia attorney, has been hired to conduct an independent investigation into the patient's death.

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

A 12-year-old South Carolina boy has died after being infected by a rare, brain-eating amoeba found in freshwater.

The family of 12-year-old Hand Middle School Student Jaysen Carr announced he died from a brain-eating amoeba infection contracted at the popular Midlands lake.