Jaysen Carr, 12, of Columbia, S.C., died on July 18 after he contracted a rare brain-eating amoeba while swimming at a lake He was a student athlete at Hand Middle School and a member of a school ...

A child in Nebraska is suspected to have died from a rare case of brain-eating amoeba, health officials said Wednesday. If confirmed, it will be the first known death from Naegleria fowleri in the ...