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.

A first-of-its-kind study from the University of Maine is giving clinicians who treat pregnant women new insight into ...

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The number of invasive group A strep infections in children has risen to levels not seen since before the COVID-19 pandemic began, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. MORE HEALTH ...

Heartbreaking reports say that an eighth child has died from Strep A, a bacterial infection, in the UK since September this year. The disease is usually treatable with antibiotics (with penicillin ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is monitoring an increase in invasive group A Streptococcus infections in children. “Group A streptococcal disease is a group of conditions caused by a ...

Leanne Passey says her 4-year-old daughter Reign was hospitalized due to necrotizing fasciitis, a rare flesh-eating bacteria that can be deadly in about one-in-five patients A 4-year-old girl was left ...

Pneumonia is a disease that burdens the health care system with more than 1.2 million emergency room visits each year and more than 41,000 adult deaths in the United States. Worldwide, more than one ...

Strep throat can be very common for kids between 5-15. Knowing how strep is different than a common cold can help treat it faster. Strep infections may be on the rise in the U.S., as they have been in ...