On May 25, 1940, lethal doses of streptococci bacteria were used to infect eight mice. Four of these were then administered ...

Learn more about a new, preliminary method that scientists are starting to use to control certain functions of bacteria.

“In many ways, it’s a pandemic in plain sight,” he said of Group A strep, adding that close to a billion people likely experience symptomatic disease from the bacteria each year. In the U.S ...

The infection, also called scarlatina, spreads easily from person to person. It gets its name from the red, bumpy rash that typically covers the body. Scarlet fever vs. strep throat The same ...

Japan has reported a record number of cases of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome, a rare and dangerous bacterial infection caused by Group A strep bacteria. The U.S. similarly saw serious Group A ...