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, ...
Medically reviewed by Lauren Schlanger, MD Key Takeaways Strep throat is caused by Group A Streptococcus bacteria and is ...
Strep throat is a bacterial infection, while the common cold is a viral infection. You will need antibiotics to treat strep throat, but colds usually go away on their own. Both infections are spread ...
John McCormick receives funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Leducq Foundation. Juan Manuel Diaz ...