Strep infections are most well known for causing strep throat, which can be treated with antibiotics. But this type of bacteria can also cause more serious illnesses—even flesh-eating infections. Here ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One child died in Mecklenburg County and another was hospitalized after getting strep infections in May, according to North ...

Not as common as it was 100 years ago, scarlet fever -- scarlatina -- is a bacterial infection caused by group A Streptococcus or "group A strep." This illness affects a small percentage of people who ...

Higher maternal selenium levels during pregnancy were associated with a lower risk of streptococcal infections in children, suggesting a potential protective effect. These infections are common in ...

Some Chicago-area doctors say strep cases have been rising in recent weeks and months, but as summer gets underway, doctors warn the symptoms may not always be obvious. Dr. Neha Bhagi, a pediatrician ...

MARYLAND — The risk of contracting a potentially life-threatening invasive group A strep infection is more than twice what it was a decade ago, according to a new Centers for Disease Control and ...

Five years after the worldwide hyperfocus on COVID-19 began, some are concerned about the next pandemic — whether it could be caused by influenza, bird flu or another pathogen. Too easily overlooked ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - You're probably familiar with the symptoms of strep throat. It often affects children - causing a fever and swollen tonsils and is usually cured pretty easily with antibiotics. But in ...

Group A streptococci pyogenes. It is the cause of skin infections (impetigo), abscesses, bronchopulmonary infections, a form of sore throat which can develop into complications such as acute rheumatic ...