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Invasive Group A strep deaths and infections continue to climb in N.B.
CBC via Yahoo Canada News· 4 months agoNew Brunswick recorded another 20 confirmed cases of invasive group A streptococcal infections in...
What is strep B, what are the symptoms of the bacterial infection and how does it differ from strep...
Evening Standard via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoStrep A has hit the headlines this month after nine children across the UK were confirmed to have...
7-year-old B.C. girl survives several amputations following aggressive strep A infection
Yahoo Canada Style· 11 months agoTaitlyn Ma, 7, had her lower right leg amputated following complications of an aggressive strep A...
Canadian 6-year-old dies from strep A: What you should know about the disease as parents urge...
Yahoo Canada Style· 4 months agoThis article is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical...
How do you get strep throat? Watch out for these early signs of the highly contagious illness
USA TODAY via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoAs colder weather blows in, changes in temperature mean it's the season of sore throats. But not all...
4 child deaths in B.C. linked to aggressive form of strep
CBC via Yahoo Canada News· 6 months agoB.C. health authorities are warning that group A strep was identified in four children who have died...
What is streptococcal toxic shock? Japan mystified by rise of fatal scarlet-fever-like illness
Evening Standard via Yahoo Canada News· 4 months agoA potentially fatal bacterial infection is mysteriously spreading across Japan at an alarming rate -...
Ottawa Public Health strained as it tackles infectious diseases, report says
CBC via Yahoo Canada News· 1 month agoOttawa's public health agency is raising the alarm over its capacity to respond to infectious...
'Don't sit on it' warns woman whose husband died of strep A
CBC via Yahoo Canada News· 5 months agoKim Wetmore is urging people to go to the hospital or get a test if you've got symptoms of strep A....
Immunization rates among Peel students have plummeted since the pandemic
Local Journalism Initiative via Yahoo Canada News· 3 weeks agoLast month, Hamilton Public Health reported a child under the age of five had died after contracting the measles, marking the first death from the preventable virus identified via provincial ...