Wisconsin health experts are seeing a consistent and continuing rise in strep throat infections, the latest respiratory disease to plague patients through the winter. Dr. Greg DeMuri, a pediatric ...

A jump in the number of people with serious illness caused by group A Streptococcus — also referred to as Streptococcus pyogenes or Strep A — has made headlines recently. There has also been a higher ...

We’ve all been there, staring into the tip of a long swab that’s about to plunge down our throats. Parents have probably also ...

Can you have strep throat without the symptoms? Do you need treatment? Here’s what you need to know. Strep throat commonly occurs with symptoms like a sore throat, fever, difficulty swallowing, and ...

Growing research suggests the bacteria left behind by the common childhood infection may trick the immune system into attacking both the invader and the body's own cells. Colored scanning electron ...

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 ...