A spike in strep throat cases in Ashtabula County has led the Ashtabula County Health Department to spread information regarding the illness and several cases of associated scarlet fever, according to ...

Health officials say strep is 'a bacterial infection that causes several symptoms like sore throat, red tonsils, headaches, ...

Medically reviewed by Amelia MacIntyre, DO Strep throat is a bacterial infection caused by Streptococcus pyogenes (group A streptococcus). The common cold is a viral infection that can be caused by ...

UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics is seeing an increase in cases of strep throat. They say the flu is still being diagnosed, but those numbers are improving. “If your child has a fever for more ...

Strep throat is a common childhood illness. Some kids get it again and again, and a simple round of antibiotics usually clears it up. But for a small number of children, the infection triggers ...

The pet shop discovered cases of streptococcus in its population of guinea pigs and as a result has "paused" the sale of the animal in an attempt to stop the spread. A Pets at Home spokesman ...

Pets at Home has been forced to stop selling guinea pigs after a "small percentage" were found to have a potentially life-threatening infection. The pet shop discovered cases of streptococcus in its ...