A patient at Prisma Health Children's Hospital Midlands in South Carolina died after being infected with Naegleria fowleri, a ...

Dr. Anna-Kathryn Burch, a pediatric infectious disease physician in South Carolina, said infections with the Naegleria ...

Brain-eating amoeba is commonly found in warm fresh waters such as lakes, rivers and hot springs. It also resides in poorly ...

A child has died from a brain-eating amoeba at Prisma Health Children's Hospital – Midlands in South Carolina.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Health officials in South Carolina have confirmed that a child who contracted a brain-eating amoeba earlier ...

A young person in South Carolina has died after being exposed to a brain-eating amoeba at Lake Murray in the Columbia area.

The person in South Carolina contracted the infection from he Naegleria fowleri amoeba, commonly known as a brain-eating amoeba, after swimming in Lake Murray outside of Columbia, the state ...

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

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Prisma Richland Children’s Hospital in Columbia has confirmed that a patient treated at their facility has ...

State health officials have confirmed a case of Naegleria fowleri, or brain-eating amoeba, in South Carolina the week of July ...

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 situation.

Prisma Richland Children’s Hospital has confirmed the death of a patient from fatal brain-eating amoeba, sparking serious ...