Category: Strep A
Japan warns on surge in potentially deadly strep throat cases
Reuters Japanese health authorities have warned about a jump in potentially deadly strep throat infections, with cases running about three times higher than last year in Tokyo. Across the country, infections of streptococcus bacteria of the throat are being diagnosed at quadruple the pace of the past five years, according to a health ministry report […]
Mar 26, 2024
‘Tripledemic’ infected nearly 40 percent of households, survey finds
(The Hill) The winter’s “tripledemic” of respiratory viruses impacted nearly 40 percent of U.S. households, with someone there getting sick with the flu, COVID-19 or respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), according to a new survey from KFF released Tuesday. The flu and RSV hit much harder and earlier this year than in years past, as viruses […]
Feb 7, 2023
Increase in Pediatric Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infections
(CDC) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is issuing this Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory to notify clinicians and public health authorities of a recent increase in pediatric invasive group A streptococcal (iGAS) infections. In November 2022, CDC was notified of a possible increase in iGAS infections among children at a hospital […]
Dec 27, 2022
Why is strep A surging — and how worried are scientists?
(Nature) As the days lengthen and temperatures rise each spring, British paediatricians know what to expect: an increase in group A streptococcal infections that should tail off by the summer. But an off-season outbreak of the bacterial infections this year has jumbled expectations, made scores of people ill and killed 13 children under the age […]
Dec 19, 2022
Increase in invasive Group A streptococcal infections among children in Europe, including fatalities
(WHO) A number of European countries (including France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom) have indicated an increase in 2022, particularly since September, in the number of cases of invasive Group A streptococcal (iGAS) disease among children under 10 years of age. During the same period, several deaths associated with iGAS disease in children […]
Dec 13, 2022