UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics is seeing hand foot and mouth, the flu and viral upper respiratory infections this week.

A fever and a nasty cough can be symptoms of a range of respiratory illnesses. An antigen test that narrows down the culprits ...

Sometimes, it can hurt while swallowing food or liquids. This can result in sensations of squeezing or burning that may cause ...

Strep is different from a regular sore throat because it’s caused by bacteria, not a virus. Find a symptom comparison chart ...

A fever and a nasty cough can be symptoms of a range of respiratory illnesses. An antigen test that narrows down the culprits ...

In 2022, nearly 55,000 people were diagnosed with throat (oropharyngeal) cancer and around 12,000 with voice box (laryngeal) ...

Skin lesions consistent with streptococcal impetigo were usually ... sterile Dacron-tipped swabs (Fig. 1). The first two swabs were replaced in their original paper packets, and the third swab ...

but it can also result from bacterial infections like strep throat. There are other factors including environmental irritants like allergens, smoke, and pollution, as well as dryness from dry air ...

Let’s be SO forreal: it DOES NOT pass the vibe check. Whether it’s tonsillitis or strep throat, the pain can be intense and make it hard to eat, drink, or even talk. First off, when you get a sore ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The U.S. government reopened its program on Thursday, allowing any household in the U.S. to order up to four ...

The U.S. government reopened the program on Thursday, allowing any household to order up to four at-home COVID nasal swab kits through the website, covidtests.gov. The tests will begin shipping ...