A deadly case of brain-eating amoeba in South Carolina is bringing renewed national attention to a test developed right here ...

Their 12-year-old son died after contracting the rare amoeba while spending the Fourth of July swimming and boating on a lake ...

Attorney and Columbia City Councilman Tyler Bailey was hired by the family to independently investigate the child's death.

Rare cases of Naegleria fowleri can result in a severe infection in the brain, with infection fatal in around 95% of cases.