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, ...

Strep throat is extremely common among school age children and adolescents, but may occur at any age. Transmission of strep throat, caused by Group A streptococcus bacteria, usually happens after ...

Pediatricians at Penn State Health Golisano Children’s Hospital are seeing viral upper respiratory infections, sore throats, ...

Strep throat is surging among children in some pockets of the country, raising concerns that a shortage of antibiotics to treat it could worsen as the nation heads into winter. An unprecedented number ...

Medically reviewed by Josephine Hessert, DO Key Takeaways Recurring strep throat can occur if strep bacteria remain in the ...

When kids get sick, pediatricians usually like to diagnose them with one single thing, so they usually wouldn't diagnose strep and mono at the same time. Both strep throat and mono do have similar ...

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 ...