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 ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) -This winter cases of strep have spiked among kids and spread rapidly in households and schools. The traditional way of confirming a case has been the dreaded swab, which ...

A spike in strep cases in North Carolina resulted in a child’s death and another being hospitalized in Mecklenburg County. Both children had an infection from the group A strep (GAS) bacteria that ...

Strep throat is diagnosed by visiting a healthcare provider and getting a test done. A doctor will swab the back of your throat for a rapid strep test, which detects if there is a presence of the ...

WellSpan Pediatric Medicine Physicians across the Midstate are seeing RSV, croup, bronchiolitis and flu. The providers at UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics in York and Spring Grove are continuing ...

Growing research suggests the bacteria left behind by the common childhood infection may trick the immune system into ...

Shannon has opened a drive-thru flu, strep and COVID swab clinic until further notice in San Angelo. The clinic started on Wednesday, Jan. 29 at Shannon Clinic North, 2626 N. Bryant. The clinic will ...

Lunchbox has been going through it lately with the illnesses.

August will be here before we know it, and with August comes back-to-school season, fall sports teams beginning to practice and, just maybe, a reprieve from the hot summer temperatures! The changing ...

"My sore throats, you know, are always worse than anybody's." So declares Mary to Anne in "Persuasion," Jane Austen's 1817 book. Most of us can relate to this feeling. There is no such thing as "just ...

CandyCollect has been working on expanding their user efficiency by making a system that encapsulates the lollipop at the press of a button, sending fluid throughout the spiral channel and eluting the ...