Social media is abuzz with claims that strep throat is on the rise and “wreaking havoc” in the United States, but Houston doctors say the uptick is typical for the start of respiratory disease season.

As the festive season wraps up, East Texas medical professionals are bracing for a familiar post-holiday surge in upper ...

Social media is abuzz with claims that strep throat is on the rise and "wreaking havoc" in the United States, but Houston doctors say the uptick is typical for the start of respiratory disease season.

Nationally, respiratory illness is causing a moderate number of people to seek health care, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Respiratory illnesses range from the common ...

Cases of an invasive strain of strep throat have been steadily rising in some areas of the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The surveillance study, which was ...

Strep infections are most well known for causing strep throat, which can be treated with antibiotics. But this type of bacteria can also cause more serious illnesses—even flesh-eating infections. The ...

Every year, tens of millions of Americans pay a visit to their primary care doctor hoping to get relief from unpleasant symptoms associated with an illness or infection. Some such symptoms include a ...

How You'll Know: The sore throat comes with other symptoms you’d expect from those viruses.

A brutal sore throat virus is making the rounds online and in real life, but it’s not actually a mystery illness. TikTok users are describing “mysterious” symptoms of what they’re calling the “sore ...

WASHINGTON -- Debating whether to seek a strep test for that sore throat? One day there could be an app for that: Researchers are developing a home scorecard that aims to prevent thousands of ...

Therese Canares, Bus '21 (MBA), a pediatric emergency physician, has a grand vision: to save people from having to make an unnecessary trip to the doctor's office if they think they have strep throat.