Strep throat is a common childhood illness, but in a few children this bacteria infection can lead to alarming, lasting ...

There are many causes of sore throat, with the viruses behind the common cold and flu being prime suspects. While a scratchy throat can be a minor nuisance, it may be a sign of something more serious, ...

Medical student Olivia Laniak shares the four signs to spotting a strep throat. Medical student Olivia Laniak shares the four signs to spotting a strep throat. Join ...

Abstract: This research proposes a novel approach for strep throat detection utilizing the Multi-Task Cascaded Convolutional Neural Network (MTCNN) algorithm and a smartphone. By incorporating ...

Credit: Getty Images Up to 6% of pediatric visits are due to complaints of sore throat. Group A Streptococcus pharyngitis is most common in children between 5 and 15 years of age, with the highest ...

Share on Pinterest As the Nimbus variant increases in the U.S., many are reporting an unusually intense sore throat, described as feeling like swallowing razor blades. Ozgur Cankaya/Getty Images The ...

UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics is seeing an increase in cases of viral upper respiratory infections and allergies. Pediatricians at Penn State Health Children’s Hospital are seeing flu, viral ...

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 ...

Cases of an invasive strain of strep throat have been steadily rising in some areas of the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The surveillance study, which was ...