South Carolina boy killed by rare brain infection

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina boy has died from a rare brain infection caused by an organism that lives in warm, fresh water, according to state health officials.

The Sumter County boy, whom the Department of Health and Environmental Control did not identify, was killed Tuesday by an amoeba known as Naegleria fowleri (neh-GLARE-ee-ah FOW-luhr-eye).