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Jaysen Carr, 12, died nearly two weeks after he spent the Fourth of July swimming and riding on a boat in Lake Murray, west ...

A 12-year-old boy died from a brain-eating amoeba two weeks after a holiday weekend on a popular South Carolina lake.

The amoeba entered his brain through his nose, possibly when he jumped into Lake Murray, near Columbia, South Carolina. The CDC said 167 cases of the infection have been reported in the U.S. between ...

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Rare brain-eating amoeba killed South Carolina's 12-year-old boy after spending a joyful Fourth of July in a popualar lake ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - A 12-year-old boy died from a brain-eating amoeba two weeks after a holiday weekend on South Carolina’s ...

A 12-year-old South Carolina boy has died after being infected by a rare, brain-eating amoeba found in freshwater.