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South Carolina boy dies from brain-eating amoeba

WESH on MSN · 1d

South Carolina's family loss highlights the dangers of rare brain-eating amoeba

Their 12-year-old son died after contracting the rare amoeba while spending the Fourth of July swimming and boating on a lake.

The Associated Press on MSN · 2d

Parents want more warnings after a brain-eating amoeba killed their son on a South Carolina lake

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 water and entered his brain through his nose.

New York Post on MSN · 7d

12-year-old boy killed by brain-eating amoeba after swim in South Carolina lake

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

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South Carolina lawmaker proposes water safety bill after child's death from freshwater amoeba

A fter the death of six-year-old Jaysen Carr from a rare brain-eating amoeba, a South Carolina lawmaker is taking legislative ...

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Rare illness claims child’s life after swimming in South Carolina lake

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

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What to know about the brain-eating amoeba that killed a boy swimming in a South Carolina lake

A 12-year-old boy has died from a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in a South Carolina lake over the July Fourth weekend.

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