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Infections caused by Naegleria fowleri can lead to symptoms including fever, seizures, hallucinations and death.
Most people would think that using a nasal irrigation device would be harmless to their health. For one woman, the results ...
A 12-year-old boy has died from a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in a South Carolina lake over the July Fourth weekend ...
Two weeks after spending the Fourth of July on a popular South Carolina lake, 12-year-old Jaysen Carr died from a ...
After Jaysen Carr's death, Rep. Jermaine Johnson said he wants to see changes in how the deadly infection is handled by state ...
Nationwide, there have only been 167 cases of Naegleria fowleri in the past 62 years — but only four of those survived, ...
A deadly case of brain-eating amoeba in South Carolina is bringing renewed national attention to a test developed right here ...
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 ...
A fatal case of brain-eating amoeba has been reported in South Carolina, with health officials advising swimmers to take ...
Officials previously announced that a person died from a brain-eating amoeba but could not verify where they were exposed to ...
A patient at Prisma Health Children's Hospital Midlands in South Carolina died after being infected with Naegleria fowleri, a ...
Officials with the Centers for Disease Control say climate change raising freshwater temperatures may contribute to ...