ClickOnDetroit

What’s Going Around in Metro Detroit: Influenza, strep throat, RSV, weather-related falls

Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local ...
FOX 5 Atlanta

Strep throat infections have spiked above pre-COVID highs, says report: 'We've missed cases'

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 ...
MedPage Today

A Tornado Ripping Through the Body: Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome

Share on Facebook. Opens in a new tab or window Share on Bluesky. Opens in a new tab or window Share on X. Opens in a new tab or window Share on LinkedIn. Opens in a new tab or window STSS is best ...
WESH

Central Florida 3-year-old hospitalized with severe strep A as cases rise

NEARLY LOST THEIR THREE-YEAR-OLD TO AN INFECTION THAT OFTEN APPEARS TO BE JUST LIKE A COMMON COLD DOCTORS SAY THERE IS ACTUALLY AN INCREASE IN KIDS CATCHING GROUP A STREP AND GETTING INCREDIBLY SICK ...
Science Daily

Selenium exposure during pregnancy may reduce childhood streptococcal infections

Higher maternal selenium levels during pregnancy were associated with a lower risk of streptococcal infections in children, suggesting a potential protective effect. Higher maternal selenium levels ...
NBC 10 Philadelphia

Invasive strep infections have more than doubled in the US, CDC study finds

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 ...