“The main risk is something called rheumatic fever, where the disease can actually get into the bloodstream and infect like ...

When your kid starts to complain that their throat hurts when they swallow (or you've got the same symptom), your first thought might be strep throat. Strep throat is a throat and tonsil infection ...

While some find a warm bowl of chicken soup soothes their throat, others find eating something cold more comforting, says Dr.

The first hospital diagnosed her with strep throat without investigating her sharp abdominal cramps. At the second, she ...

Doctors across Florida are treating an increasing number of patients with walking pneumonia, strep throat and the flu.

While a sore throat can be a side effect of many other illnesses, it's the most telling symptom of strep throat - contributing to more than 5 million physician visits a year in the United States ...

"I'm grateful for life," says Dylan Riley of his amputations. "Things could be so different — my family could have been ...

Other cold or respiratory infection symptoms like a cough, runny nose, or hoarseness (raspy voice) suggest a viral infection—as opposed to strep throat, for example. The only way to truly know ...

A throat culture will tell you whether you have the infection. It's essential to treat strep throat if you have it. Late complications include damage to the kidneys and heart valves. Antibiotics ...

Most often, symptoms are mild - a sore throat or a skin infection that can be easily treated with antibiotics. But strep A can cause a range of things - and some of them are more serious.

This law went in to effect in 2023, making Rhode Island one of six states now mandating health care providers.