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

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 ...

Jaysen Carr died from a rare brain-eating amoeba after swimming in Lake Murray. His family says no state officials have ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - A 12-year-old boy died from a brain-eating amoeba two weeks after a holiday weekend on South Carolina’s ...

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

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

Officials with the Centers for Disease Control say climate change raising freshwater temperatures may contribute to conditions that allow the amoeba to thrive.

The Carrs were joined by their attorney, Tyler Bailey, who said the family has not been contacted by any public health or ...