Does your child have strep throat, or is it just a common cold? It's challenging but important for parents to understand the differences in throat infections in kids. Pediatrician Cindy Gellner, MD, ...

Debating whether to seek a strep test for that sore throat? One day there could be an app for that: Researchers are developing a home scorecard that aims to prevent thousands of unnecessary trips to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Strep is most common in children between the ages of 5 and 15. aquaArts studio/E+ via Getty Images “My sore throats, you know, are ...

Patty Post was a busy mother of three who had grown tired of the revolving door of clinic visits whenever one of her children had strep throat. She started to ask, "Why couldn't this test be taken at ...

(NEXSTAR) – If everyone you know is falling victim to illness this season, there’s any number of widely circulating viruses – or even bacteria – that could be to blame. When you start to feel sick, it ...

“My sore throats, you know, are always worse than anybody’s.” So declares Mary to Anne in Persuasion, Jane Austen’s 1817 book. Most of us can relate to this feeling. There is no such thing as “just a ...

"My sore throats, you know, are always worse than anybody's." So declares Mary to Anne in "Persuasion," Jane Austen's 1817 book. Most of us can relate to this feeling. There is no such thing as "just ...