There has been a sharp increase in the number of people in Japan suffering with the rare but dangerous bacterial condition, streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS). According to reports, cases of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A digitally colorized image depicts Group A Streptococcus (GAS), Streptococcus pyogenes bacteria on the surface of a human white ...

Strep A can cause a range of symptoms including: Most infections are mild and get better on their own or with antibiotics. Invasive Strep A is rare, but can become serious very quickly. That occurs ...

In recent years, deaths linked to the flesh‑eating bacterium Vibrio vulnificus and group A streptococcus have risen in the US ...

A young Arizona girl has had several limbs amputated over the last two weeks after she mysteriously contracted a deadly bacterial infection, according to her distraught family. Second-grader Victoria ...

The French Ministry of Health (MoH) has raised the alarm. Over the course of the last 2 weeks, at least eight children — none with identified risk factors — have been hospitalized after contracting an ...

A jump in the number of people with serious illness caused by group A Streptococcus — also referred to as Streptococcus pyogenes or Strep A — has made headlines recently. There has also been a higher ...

An under-recognized strep bacterium is causing a growing number of serious infections in Australia, with First Nations Australians disproportionately affected, according to new research published in ...