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

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.

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

The family of a 12-year-old South Carolina boy who died after contracting a rare infection associated with Naegleria fowleri ...

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 ...

Nationwide, there have only been 167 cases of Naegleria fowleri in the past 62 years — but only four of those survived, ...

Ever tear a drumstick off that rotisserie chicken for the drive home? We won't judge, we just want to know your go-to grocery ...

A Columbia family is mourning the loss of their young son, who died after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba from ...

A visitation was held this afternoon (Friday, July 25) for Jaysen Carr, the 12-year-old boy who died after contracting a ...

The amoeba can be found in warm freshwater but occasionally has been detected in tap water. The South Carolina health agency ...

A Columbia nutrition expert is translating expertise on the connections between diet, better sleep and heart health into a ...