There has been a rise in Strep A cases over the last few weeks with several children having lost their lives to the illness. Strep A bacteria can cause a wide variety of infections, but most commonly ...

Health officials must urgently introduce community testing to combat the increased rates of Strep A this winter, a virologist has warned. Seven children have died in recent weeks after contracting the ...

Many parents are concerned about Strep A as cases rise across the UK and at least nine children have died from complications caused by the infection. But what actually is Strep A, how does it spread ...

Sheffield health services have given advice to schools to pass on to parents and carers about strep A as cases of the infection which can lead to the potentially deadly invasive strep A are on the ...

The grandmother of a four-year-old girl who was fighting for her life in hospital with strep A says she is starting to get better. Camila Rose Burns was put on a ventilator at Liverpool's Alder Hey ...

There has been an "out of season increase" in Strep A infections in recent weeks, with parents across Wales reporting their children have fallen ill. Whilst Strep A is a common type of bacteria, and ...

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