12-year-old dies from brain-eating amoeba after swimming in lake

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12-Year-Old Dies From Brain-Eating Amoeba After Swimming In Lake

By USA TODAY

The family of a 12-year-old boy from South Carolina is grieving after he died from a brain-eating amoeba, according to a statement from their lawyer. Jaysen Carr died on July 18 after developing an infection from the brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fow ...Read more

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