The family of 12-year-old Jaysen Carr is speaking out about the child's recent passing from a brain-eating amoeba in an ...

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

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

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

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

Jaysen Carr, a 12-year-old boy, tragically died after contracting a brain-eating amoeba from a lake in South Carolina. His ...

Two weeks after Jaysen Carr spent the Fourth of July swimming and riding on a boat on one of South Carolina’s most popular lakes, he was dead from an amoeba that entered his brain through his nose.His ...

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 ...

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