Some of these create relatively mild, treatable conditions, such as strep throat. Others can lead to life-threatening infections of your blood or organs. Anyone can be affected, from babies and small ...

Rheumatic fever is a serious illness that can be life-threatening if left untreated. It happens when strep throat, caused by a bacteria called group A streptococcus, isn't treated properly. Symptoms ...

Can you have strep throat without the symptoms? Do you need treatment? Here’s what you need to know. Strep throat commonly occurs with symptoms like a sore throat, fever, difficulty swallowing, and ...

A concerning increase in global rates of severe invasive infections becoming resistant to key antibiotics has a team of infectious disease researchers studying a recently emerged strain of bacteria ...

As health officials in London, Ont., try to understand what's behind an outbreak of invasive group A streptococcal infections that began more than 18 months ago, the Public Health Agency of Canada ...

How the strep bacterium hides from the immune system Date: December 3, 2019 Source: Cell Press Summary: A bacterial pathogen that causes strep throat and other illnesses cloaks itself in fragments of ...

Public health recommendations suggest individuals can resume normal activities 5 days after symptom cessation. However, our study finds that full recovery can take longer, indicating that delayed ...

Strep throat, something we've all had at some point in our lives, is caused by the bacteria Streptococcus pyogenes. Infection by Streptococcus can be fatal in serious cases and is the leading cause of ...

On 26 February 2019, an Idaho couple shared a cautionary tale on Facebook that had garnered over one million shares by the time of this reporting. The post detailed a strange mark on their son’s face ...