As a veteran high school teacher, Sherri Moody is used to getting a cold about once a year. So when she started feeling sick on a field trip with her students, it wasn’t a big deal. But within days, ...

Following a tragic story out of Arizona where a 7-year-old girl had to have several amputations after she was diagnosed with strep throat (group A strep) earlier this month, many parents might be ...

Severe, possibly life-threatening strep infections are rising in the United States. The number of invasive group A strep infections more than doubled from 2013 to 2022, according to a study from the ...

A decade-long study of around 35 million Americans in 10 states has found that group A streptococcus infections have more than doubled by 2022. What's more, "strep" – which also causes a bizarre flesh ...

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. Here ...