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 ...

As they grieve their son, the boy's parents are speaking out to try to prevent anyone else from losing a child.

The parents of Jaysen Carr, a 12-year-old who died July 18 from a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in a South Carolina lake ...

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

Rare brain-eating amoeba killed South Carolina's 12-year-old boy after spending a joyful Fourth of July in a popualar lake ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - A 12-year-old boy died from a brain-eating amoeba two weeks after a holiday weekend on South Carolina’s ...

A 12-year-old boy has died from a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in a South Carolina lake over the July Fourth weekend.

Officials with the Centers for Disease Control say climate change raising freshwater temperatures may contribute to conditions that allow the amoeba to thrive.