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, ...

Sore throat? Get a strep test to prevent serious complications Strep throat is a very contagious and potentially serious illness that is often dismissed as nothing more than a sore throat. But letting ...

"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 ...

Alere i Strep A test is more accurate than existing lateral flow tests for strep, and is now the fastest test on the market, delivering results in just 8 minutes. Diagnostics firm Alere announced ...

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 ...

The symptoms of strep throat include a sore, swollen throat. A person may also have white patches or small red spots in the throat, fever, swollen tonsils, or swollen glands. Strep throat is a ...

Although a painful sore throat could indicate strep throat, you may actually have another condition, like the flu or tonsillitis. Strep throat is an infection caused by the group A Streptococcus ...

Strep throat is a type of tonsillitis. Both conditions can have similar symptoms, though certain symptoms are more likely to occur with one or the other. You may have heard the terms tonsillitis and ...

A new human challenge trial under way in Melbourne aims to advance research into Strep A, accelerating efforts toward the ...