"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 ...

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, ...

BLACKFOOT, Idaho (KIFI) – Fargo-based medical startup, Checkable Medical, is conducting a clinical study to prove the safety and effectiveness of an over-the-counter at-home strep test. Once the study ...

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 ...

The list of potential culprits for a sore throat just seems to get longer – COVID-19, colds and now allergy season. But a particularly painful case could also point to strep throat. Cases of strep ...

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 ...

We asked Dr. Sindhu Aderson at Northwestern Medicine to run through some of the most common symptoms and treatments for each virus and bacteria, to break down the differences. With strep, the most ...

(NEXSTAR) – If everyone you know is falling victim to illness this season, there’s any number of widely circulating viruses – or even bacteria – that could be to blame. When you start to feel sick, it ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - This winter there have been a lot of illnesses going around, whether it be RSV, COVID the flu or strep. An at-home strep test is being studied in clinical trials and ...

This news might be hard to swallow. Cases of Streptococcal A, better known as Strep A, are skyrocketing across Japan, according to the Japan Times. Last year there were 941 confirmed cases of ...

“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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (WGN Radio) – Feeling a little gross after ...