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, ...

A fever, lack of cough, and sick neighbors could help you assess your strep status at home. By measuring how many people have strep in the... Most sore throats aren't strep. But because strep bacteria ...

“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 a ...

Strep throat is a bacterial infection that usually causes a sore throat. People often also associate the infection with a fever, but it is possible for a person to have strep throat and not have a ...

As colder weather blows in, changes in temperature mean it's the season of sore throats. But not all sore throats are made equal — some are caused by viruses while others are caused by bacteria. Such ...

A recent explosion in strep infections, many of which are presenting with few or atypical symptoms, is concerning experts around the U.S. Strep throat — caused by the bacteria Group A streptococcus ...

Most sore throats aren't strep. But because strep bacteria can in rare cases cause rheumatic fever, people often feel like they should get tested for possible strep infection. It might be possible to ...