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12-year-old boy dies from brain-eating amoeba

Child Dies from Brain-Eating Amoeba After Visiting Popular South Carolina Lake

“This is not a threat to the general public. I think the fact that this is extremely rare, about 10 cases per year in the United States, really indicates that recreational water activities for the ge...

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Death confirmed from rare and deadly 'brain-eating amoeba' in southern lake

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Infection From Brain-Eating Amoeba Kills Boy in South Carolina

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What is Naegleria fowleri, the brain-eating amoeba?

A 12-year-old boy has died in South Carolina after becoming infected with a rare brain-eating amoeba from swimming in a lake earlier this month.

Is Lake Murray safe from exposure to a brain-infecting amoeba?

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Top 5 stories from the Shreveport Times this week: brain-eating amoebas, extreme heat

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Death from brain-eating amoeba presumed to have happened at Lake Murray

Prisma Heath Richland Children's Hospital in Columbia confirmed Tuesday that a patient treated at their facility died from the organism. This announcement came a day after the South Carolina Department of Public Health (SCDPH) confirmed that there was a case of someone contracting the illness, but did not confirm a death.

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Hundreds gather to celebrate life of 12-year-old deadly amoeba victim Jaysen Carr

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - On Saturday, the Midlands community rallied around the family of 12-year-old Jaysen Carr. Carr was a student at Hand Middle School who died after being infected with an amoeba he contracted at Lake Murray earlier this month.

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Columbia funeral details announced for 12-year-old Lake Murray amoeba victim

The family of 12-year-old Hand Middle School Student Jaysen Carr announced he died from a brain-eating amoeba infection contracted at the popular Midlands lake.