The rising rates of diabetes, obesity, and other health conditions make people more vulnerable to invasive strep, which can trigger flesh-eating disease and be life-threatening. Other news is on toxic ...

Dr. Bessey Geevarghese, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics-Infectious Diseases with Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, joins Lisa Dent on the show to break down details surrounding ...

Invasive group A Streptococcus (GAS) infections have more than doubled in the past decade across parts of the US, according to a new federal study. The report — published Monday, April 7 in JAMA and ...

The autopsy showed “there was no anatomic cause of death, there was pulmonary edema in the lungs, petechiae hemorrhage to his forehead and linear red marks to his right forehead and no other ...

A recent study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that the number of potentially life-threatening invasive group A strep infections more than doubled from 2013 to 2022.

Before 2013, most of the infections had remained relatively low and stable, but strep has more than doubled, from 3.6 per 100,000 people to 28.2 per 100,000 people. In total, annual cases rose from ...

Strep infections are most well known for causing strep throat, which can be treated with antibiotics. But this type of bacteria can also cause more serious illnesses—even flesh-eating infections ...

Strep infections are most well known for causing strep throat, which can be treated with antibiotics. But this type of bacteria can also cause more serious illnesses—even flesh-eating infections. The ...

Cases of an invasive strain of strep throat have been steadily rising in some areas of the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The surveillance study ...

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A tickle in the throat can have many causes, including sinusitis, dehydration, and inflammation. Treatment will depend on the cause. A doctor might recommend hot tea with lemon or throat lozenges ...