The infection destroys brain tissue, which is why the infection is commonly referred to as a brain-eating amoeba.

Naegleria fowleri, a brain-eating amoeba that thrives in warm freshwater, is rarely contracted but nearly always fatal, according to the CDC.

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

A rare brain-eating amoeba infection killed a 12-year-old child in after he swam in a South Carolina freshwater lake. Health ...

The identity of the South Carolina resident who was the victim of a recent, fatal “brain-eating amoeba” discovery has been ...

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

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

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

Rare cases of Naegleria fowleri can result in a severe infection in the brain, with infection fatal in around 95% of cases.

South Carolina health officials have confirmed a rare case of Naegleria fowleri, often called the "brain-eating amoeba," in ...

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

On Tuesday, officials confirmed that a pediatric patient in Columbia, South Carolina, has died from Naegleria fowleri, also ...