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, ...

UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics is seeing an increase in cases of strep throat. They say the flu is still being diagnosed, but those numbers are improving. “If your child has a fever for more ...

Nationally, respiratory illness is causing a moderate number of people to seek health care, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Respiratory illnesses range from the common ...

WellSpan Pediatric Medicine Physicians across the Midstate are seeing RSV, croup, bronchiolitis and flu. The providers at UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics in York and Spring Grove are continuing ...

Waking up with a sore throat is really frustrating. It can feel worse than a common cold. You may wonder if it is just irritation, or a strep throat. In such situations, you should check with a doctor ...

Sore throats and sour news. A recent study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that the number of potentially life-threatening invasive group A strep infections more than doubled ...

Scarlet fever, or scarlatina, is a bacterial infection that causes a distinctive bright red sandpaper-like rash. Streptococcus pyogenes (group A strep)—the same bacteria responsible for strep ...

Severe, possibly life-threatening strep infections are rising in the United States. The number of invasive group A strep infections more than doubled from 2013 to 2022, according to a study from the ...