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

"I can’t believe we don’t have our son. The result of him being a child was losing his life. That does not sit well. And I am ...

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.

However, some bacteria, viruses and other organisms can survive this process, including Naegleria fowleri. Commonly known as the “brain-eating” bacteria, Naegleria fowleri is actually an amoeba.

The amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, is found around the world in soil and warm fresh water. It can also appear in tap water and less often in swimming pools that haven’t been properly chlorinated ...

As this brain-eating Naegleria fowleri can be found in warm freshwater and untreated tap water, the CDC recommends the use of distilled, sterile, or boiled and cooled tap water for nasal ...

Most infections with Naegleria fowleri occur when people swim in contaminated water and submerge their heads, causing the amoeba to enter the nose.