Two weeks after spending the Fourth of July on a popular South Carolina lake, 12-year-old Jaysen Carr died from a ...

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 lawyer for the family of 12-year-old Jaysen Carr said he died on July 18 after contracting a deadly infectious amoeba while ...

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 ...

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

Officials with the Centers for Disease Control say climate change raising freshwater temperatures may contribute to ...

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

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