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

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

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

Clarence and Ebony Carr join 'Fox & Friends' to discuss what happened leading up to the tragic passing of their son, Jaysen, ...

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 ...

Officials previously announced that a person died from a brain-eating amoeba but could not verify where they were exposed to ...

A child in South Carolina has died after being infected with Naegleria fowleri, commonly referred to as brain-eating amoeba.

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 ...

After Jaysen Carr's death, Rep. Jermaine Johnson said he wants to see changes in how the deadly infection is handled by state ...

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

The amoeba can be found in warm freshwater but occasionally has been detected in tap water. The South Carolina health agency stresses that infections are extremely rare, with fewer than 10 cases a ...

The Naegleria fowleri is a free-living amoeba, which is a one-celled organism that thrives in warm fresh water like lakes, rivers and hot springs, the CDC states. It is usually called the brain-eating ...