UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics is seeing flu, RSV and strep throat this week. Pediatricians at Penn State Health ...

After plummeting during the COVID pandemic in 2020 and 2021, strep throat infections skyrocketed in February 2023, according to a report from Epic Research, a health analytics firm. The rate of ...

Streptococcus Pyogenes (Group A Strep). Credit - NIAID, CC SA 2.0. Streptococcus Pyogenes (Group A Strep). Credit - NIAID, CC SA 2.0. Countries across the globe are reporting a sustained spike in the ...

In a recent study published in the journal Open Forum Infectious Diseases, researchers performed an interrupted time-series-type analysis to assess the incidence of invasive Group A streptococcal ...

Don't just assume symptoms like nausea and vomiting are a stomach bug. It could also be this nightmare illness.

Strep infections have persisted at high levels so far this spring, even compared to pre-pandemic years. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said unpublished data from its national ...

NEARLY LOST THEIR THREE-YEAR-OLD TO AN INFECTION THAT OFTEN APPEARS TO BE JUST LIKE A COMMON COLD DOCTORS SAY THERE IS ACTUALLY AN INCREASE IN KIDS CATCHING GROUP A STREP AND GETTING INCREDIBLY SICK ...

Experts are warning of a rise in cases of strep throat, which caused severe complications—and even death—for some children in the US during the 2022-2023 cold and flu season. According to data from ...

Data over a 32-year period showed that the incidence of invasive group A streptococcal (iGAS) infections in children remained stable before 2011, increased until 2020, declined during the pandemic, ...

In a recent study published in the journal Eurosurveillance, researchers investigated the latest increase in cases of invasive group A streptococcal (iGAS) infection among children in England below ...

Higher maternal selenium levels during pregnancy were associated with a lower risk of streptococcal infections in children, suggesting a potential protective effect. Scientists from Hokkaido ...

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