Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A computer-generated image of a group of Gram-positive group A Streptococcus bacteria. (Jennifer Oosthuizen / CDC) Doctors should ...

Leanne Passey says her 4-year-old daughter Reign was hospitalized due to necrotizing fasciitis, a rare flesh-eating bacteria that can be deadly in about one-in-five patients Vanessa Etienne is a Staff ...

Severe and possibly deadly strep infections are on the rise in the U.S., according to a study published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The rate of invasive group A strep ...

Group A Streptococcus (GAS) infections typically tend to peak between December and April each year. A throat swab can tell if a sore throat is due to GAS versus some other causes. (Photo: Getty) So, ...

Federal health officials are telling local clinicians to watch for a dangerous form of strep infections among children in the U.S. The recent alert from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

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A man died from a "flesh-eating" disease that he caught while chasing his dog into a pond. Jeff Bova followed his dog into the pond in San Diego three weeks ago, his mom Susan McIntyre told NBC 7 San ...

Doctors should be on the lookout for a particular kind of invasive strep infection in children that can result in so-called "flesh-eating" disease and organ failure, according to health officials.