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, ...

Pediatricians at Penn State Health Golisano Children's Hospital are seeing viral upper respiratory infections, flu and RSV.

Several children’s hospitals in the U.S. have detected increases in invasive group A strep infections, a severe and sometimes life-threatening illness that occurs when bacteria spreads to areas of the ...

Strep throat is extremely common among school age children and adolescents, but may occur at any age. Transmission of strep throat, caused by Group A streptococcus bacteria, usually happens after ...

Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sore throats are another common ailment people experience throughout the year - but more often during fall and winter months.

In the UK, nine children have died from a recent outbreak of Strep A. Streptococcus A (Strep A – also known as Group A Strep or GAS) are a group of bacteria that can cause a wide variety of skin, soft ...

Pediatricians at Penn State Health Children’s Hospital are seeing viral upper respiratory infections, strep throat and ear infections. They’re also still seeing flu cases, but say those numbers ...

Growing research suggests the bacteria left behind by the common childhood infection may trick the immune system into attacking both the invader and the body's own cells. Colored scanning electron ...

BOSTON - A Massachusetts mother is warning other parents about the respiratory risks this season as her young son has been hospitalized with three illnesses at once. As Mindy Crumbaker, of North ...