Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While rare, cases of invasive strep have been elevated since last year. "Invasive strep" is short for invasive Group A ...

A jump in the number of people with serious illness caused by group A Streptococcus — also referred to as Streptococcus pyogenes or Strep A — has made headlines recently. There has also been a higher ...

Streptococcus Pyogenes (Group A Strep). Credit – NIAID, CC SA 2.0. Countries across the globe are reporting a sustained spike in the number of invasive Group A streptococcus infections. Invasive Group ...

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 ...

After plummeting during the COVID pandemic in 2020 and 2021, strep throat infections skyrocketed in February 2023, according to a report from Epic Research, a health analytics firm. The rate of ...

Cases of Group A strep have surged in the U.S. A new report shows a 30% increase from the previous peak in cases in 2017. Experts say the pandemic may be to blame. Cases of Group A strep—which can ...

Emma never had a sore throat. No hoarse voice, no white sores, no signs of sickness. She was a “freakishly healthy kid,” her mother said. The 7-year-old Charlotte girl hardly caught a cold since she ...