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 ...

“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 ...

Most sore throats aren't strep. But because strep bacteria can in rare cases cause rheumatic fever, people often feel like they should get tested for possible strep infection. It might be possible to ...

This news might be hard to swallow. Cases of Streptococcal A, better known as Strep A, are skyrocketing across Japan, according to the Japan Times. Last year there were 941 confirmed cases of ...

Pediatricians at Penn State Health Golisano Children's Hospital are seeing viral upper respiratory infections, flu and RSV. UPMC Children's Community Pediatrics reports a stomach bug, flu, ...

A spike in strep cases in North Carolina resulted in a child’s death and another being hospitalized in Mecklenburg County. Both children had an infection from the group A strep (GAS) bacteria that ...

New Jersey hospitals and pediatrician offices are seeing a rare June surge in strep throat cases among kids. The rise comes after one of the busiest winter strep seasons in years, experts say.

Many parents across the US are stretched thin to take care of sick children: Not only are Covid-19, the flu and RSV circulating, but doctors say cases of strep throat are on the rise. Data shows a ...

August will be here before we know it, and with August comes back-to-school season, fall sports teams beginning to practice and, just maybe, a reprieve from the hot summer temperatures! The changing ...

“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 ...