A rare "flesh-eating bacteria" that lives in warm saltwater has led to at least four deaths this year, but some simple safety precautions can keep you safe while on vacation. The bacteria, Vibrio ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WSPA) – The family of a 12-year-old South Carolina boy who died after contracting a rare infection associated with Naegleria fowleri will speak to the media Tuesday afternoon.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - After a person lost their life contracting a brain infection from an amoeba in the Midlands, a Lowcountry doctor and father of another victim wants to educate people on the ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Two weeks after Jaysen Carr spent the Fourth of July swimming and riding on a boat on one of South Carolina’s most popular lakes, he was dead from an amoeba that lives in the warm ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Two weeks after Jaysen Carr spent the Fourth of July swimming and riding on a boat on one of South Carolina’s most popular lakes, he was dead from an amoeba that lives in the ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS/Gray News) - A patient in the hospital died from a brain-eating amoeba in South Carolina, according to health officials. On Tuesday, Prisma Health Children’s Hospital confirmed it ...

The parents of Jaysen Carr, who died July 18 from a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in a South Carolina lake, say warnings should be put in place Joshua Boucher/The State/Tribune News Service via ...

UPDATES AS THIS STORY DEVELOPS. ALSO BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT AT SIX WE’RE LEARNING NEW DETAILS ABOUT THE SOUTH CAROLINA CHILD WHO DIED FROM A BRAIN EATING AMOEBA. THE FAMILY’S ATTORNEY SAYS 12 YEAR OLD ...

LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. (KMOV/Gray News) – A man in Missouri contracted a rare brain-eating amoeba, and officials believe he likely got it while water skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks. The Missouri ...

A woman in Texas has died after contracting a fatal brain amoeba from contaminated water. The patient, 71, had used a nasal irrigation device filled with unboiled tap water from an RV’s water faucet, ...

WACO, Texas (AP) — The mother of a New Jersey man who died of a rare "brain-eating amoeba" after visiting a Texas surf resort has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the water park. Health ...