Learn what you need to know about the brain-eating amoeba, its latest victim and other dangers in our region's lakes.

A 12-year-old boy died after he contracted a brain-eating amoeba while swimming in a South Carolina lake. Jaysen Carr came ...

A patient at Prisma Health Children's Hospital Midlands in South Carolina died after being infected with Naegleria fowleri, a ...

A fatal case of brain-eating amoeba has been reported in South Carolina, with health officials advising swimmers to take ...

The South Carolina Department of Public Health confirmed to our sister station, WIS, Monday evening that there is a case of a ...

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

A woman in Texas died after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba infection from using tap water to clear out her sinuses, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced ...

The CDC said a 71-year-old woman in Texas died after contracting a brain-eating amoeba infection from using tap water to clear out her sinuses.