A child in South Carolina has died after being infected with a rare brain-eating amoeba, state health officials confirmed. On Monday, July 21, the South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) ...

SAFELY BACK HOME TO SOUTH CAROLINA. END QUOTE. AND MORE BREAKING NEWS AT 11. PRISMA HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE CONFIRMED ONE DEATH AT THE RICHLAND CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL IN COLUMBIA FROM A BRAIN EATING AMOEBA ...

WASHINGTON — A fatal case of brain-eating amoeba in South Carolina is bringing attention to the rare, but often deadly, situation. The South Carolina Department of Public Health (SCDPH) confirmed a ...

The family of 12-year-old Jaysen Carr made a public statement on Thursday, revealing that their child died after contact with the deadly amoeba Naegleria fowleri in Lake Murray, South Carolina. While ...

The South Carolina community is mourning the loss of 12-year-old Jaysen Carr, who died July 18 after contracting a rare but deadly brain infection caused by Naegleria fowleri, commonly known as the ...

Deadly brain infections once associated with rare summer swims in southern lakes are now appearing in places that never expected them. As free-living amoebas adapt to warmer waters and modern plumbing ...

MISSOURI, USA — A Missouri resident is in intensive care after officials confirmed they had contracted a rare and deadly infection after swimming at the Lake of the Ozarks. Missouri Department of ...

There’s a sinister health threat we’re not taking seriously enough, a new paper argues – and it’s not a virus, bacterium, nor even a fungus. It’s the amoebae, free-living organisms that can survive ...