12-Year-Old South Carolina Boy Dies from Rare Brain-Eating Amoeba After Lake Visit
A 12-year-old boy from South Carolina has tragically died after contracting a rare and almost always fatal brain infection caused by Naegleria fowleri, commonly known as the brain-eating amoeba, health officials confirmed this week. The child, identified as Jaysen Carr, reportedly became ill shortly after swimming in Lake Murray, a popular freshwater lake just west …