Strep throat is a highly contagious infection caused by Group A Streptococcus bacteria (Streptococcus pyogenes); it is common ...

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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 Tennessee House voted almost unanimously to approve the bill, HB0411/SB1426, requiring TennCare to cover a treatment, ...

When Mason Meskimen was just 4, the Lincoln-Way East High School student was hospitalized and needed a blood transfusion.

For Dr. Lewis Pentecost, the four years he retired from the medical profession—from age 72 to 76—were complete agony. While ...

VA Eastern Colorado Health System (VA ECHCS) is opening a new same-day, walk-in clinic at its PFC Floyd K. Lindstrom VA Clinic in Colorado Springs. The new clinic, Veterans ...

SB1214 is a practical step forward — modernizing how care is delivered, supporting overburdened health care systems, and ...

The good news is that most cases of whooping cough are preventable with DTaP vaccines in childhood and Tdap shots at age 11 ...

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