Several children’s hospitals in the U.S. have detected increases in invasive group A strep infections, a severe and sometimes life-threatening illness that occurs when bacteria spreads to areas of the ...

SAN ANTONIO – Pediatric doctors in San Antonio say 2025 brought a familiar post-COVID pattern: more childhood viruses emerging outside their usual seasons and some infections hitting harder than they ...

Keep them home and monitor. A sore throat plus fever, stomachache and red, swollen tonsils could be strep throat, a bacterial infection in the throat and tonsils that should be treated with ...

WellSpan Pediatric Medicine Physicians across the Midstate are seeing strep throat, pink eye and upper respiratory illnesses this week. “It’s important for your child to keep up with good hand hygiene ...

Young children get sick far more often than adults, and it is completely normal. Most healthy kids come down with about six viral illnesses a year—and preschoolers and early elementary-aged children ...

CDC health data has become a lot harder to rely on this summer, and that is a problem when so many people are getting sick ...

Growing research suggests the bacteria left behind by the common childhood infection may trick the immune system into attacking both the invader and the body's own cells. Colored scanning electron ...

“This week, we have seen an increase in respiratory conditions such as COPD and asthma exacerbations, likely related to seasonal weather changes and rising pollen levels. Patients with underlying lung ...

Pediatricians at Penn State Health Golisano Children's Hospital are seeing viral upper respiratory infections, flu and RSV. UPMC Children's Community Pediatrics reports a stomach bug, flu, respiratory ...