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 ...

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.

MARYLAND — The risk of contracting a potentially life-threatening invasive group A strep infection is more than twice what it was a decade ago, according to a new Centers for Disease Control and ...

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 ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — In today’s health headlines, invasive strep infections are on the rise. New research proposes a possible cause of food allergies. And do you eat meals too fast? Dr. Nate Wood ...

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 ...

The deaths of nearly 30 children under the age of 15 years from invasive strep A infections in the United Kingdom between September 2022 and January 2023, together with a rise in new invasive strep A ...

Cases of Group A strep—which can cause strep throat—have skyrocketed in the U.S. this year, according to a new report. The report, which was conducted by Epic Research, a company that analyzes ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . WAILEA, Hawaii — A recent increase in invasive group A streptococcal infections in pediatric patients should be ...