Does your child have strep throat, or is it just a common cold? It's challenging but important for parents to understand the differences in throat infections in kids. Pediatrician Cindy Gellner, MD, ...

"My sore throats, you know, are always worse than anybody's." So declares Mary to Anne in "Persuasion," Jane Austen's 1817 book. Most of us can relate to this feeling. There is no such thing as "just ...

Strep throat is a bacterial infection that usually causes a sore throat. People often also associate the infection with a fever, but it is possible for a person to have strep throat and not have a ...

Debating whether to seek a strep test for that sore throat? One day there could be an app for that: Researchers are developing a home scorecard that aims to prevent thousands of unnecessary trips to ...

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When everyone was wearing masks, washing their hands constantly, avoiding crowds and staying 6 feet apart, strep throat cases were uncommonly low. But then, so were cases of flu, RSV, the common cold ...

Though rare, untreated cases of strep throat can cause serious complications, including sepsis. Sepsis can cause long-term tissue damage and organ failure if left unmanaged. Strep throat is a ...

The U.K. government is warning parents to be on the lookout for symptoms of scarlet fever and invasive group A strep, an infection that’s killed six children in the country. Scarlet fever, government ...

Strep throat is a common bacterial infection that causes swelling and pain in the throat, often making it hard to swallow. For those who are prone to frequent strep infections, a doctor may recommend ...

A potential rise in invasive group A strep (streptococcus) infections, which has caused the death of 16 children under age 18 in the United Kingdom, now has U.S. health experts concerned. In the ...