These days, COVID-19, flu, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are the illnesses on the tip of everyone’s tongue. But data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that strep ...

UPMC Pinnacle’s Heritage Pediatrics in Camp Hill reports a lot of conjunctivitis, which is redness and irritation of the eyes. Sometimes this is an infection, like “pink eye,” but during this time of ...

In my pediatric office, I see a patient for possible strep throat nearly every day. Strep throat is a common infection in school-age kids that can be easily diagnosed and treated. Despite the frequent ...

Strep infections have persisted at high levels so far this spring, even compared to pre-pandemic years. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said unpublished data from its national ...

"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 ...

Nationally, respiratory illness is causing a moderate number of people to seek health care, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Respiratory illnesses range from the common ...

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 ...

New research from the University of Alabama at Birmingham suggests that Fusobacterium necrophorum more often causes severe sore throats in young adults than streptococcus — the cause of the much ...

UPMC Children’s Community pediatrics is seeing strep throat and viral upper respiratory infections this week. WellSpan Pediatric Medicine Physicians across the Midstate are seeing the common cold this ...

WellSpan Pediatric Medicine Physicians across the Midstate are seeing strep throat and a stomach bug this week. UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics is seeing increases in cases of hand, foot and ...

UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics reports strep throat and hand, foot and mouth this week. They’re also seeing an increase in viral upper respiratory infections. Also, as families prepare for the ...