A young boy has died after contracting a brain-eating amoeba infection, leaving his family devastated. Woodrow Bundy, aged 2, died on July 19 from the infection, which his family thinks he contracted ...

As Americans find ways to cope with an unusually sweltering summer, many of them have taken to bodies of water to cool off. But at least two people who ventured to freshwater swimming holes this ...

There's nothing that taints a beautiful day at the lake quite like the concern of an amoeba that feasts on your brain. In July 2025, a child died in South Carolina after being infected by a deadly ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Grieving parents of a 12-year-old who died after contracting Naegleria Fowleri, an amoeba in Lake Murray, spoke out for the first time. The family spoke in front of the media ...

A Missouri resident has been infected with a rare brain-eating amoeba, possibly linked to water-skiing in the Lake of Ozarks. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) confirmed the ...

A Florida student said he lost the majority of his motor skills after contracting a deadly brain-eating amoeba while swimming in a stagnant pond. “It was tough. I had to, like, learn how to walk, how ...

COLUMBIA — A Columbia couple is calling on the state to make systemic changes and immediately begin testing South Carolina freshwater bodies for the presence of an amoeba that fatally infected their ...