For this story, Boodman obtained email chains between Pfizer and health officials and conducted interviews with 10 state health departments, eight local health agencies, six health system pharmacists, ...

Despite school being out for summer break, strep throat is still being diagnosed among children attending daycare and summer school. For most children, strep throat presents with traditional symptoms ...

My doctor prescribed me a course of antibiotics, and my friend told me to pick up a probiotic supplement to protect my microbiome. Should I do it, or am I wasting my money? There isn’t solid data that ...

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The many varieties of penicillin have a unique disadvantage: about one in a hundred patients who get them by injection becomes sensitized, so that his next shot may produce a severe reaction marked by ...

Growing research suggests the bacteria left behind by the common childhood infection may trick the immune system into attacking both the invader and the body's own cells. Colored scanning electron ...

New guidelines on diagnosing strep throat advise clinicians to use a scoring system to help determine which patients should be tested for group A streptococcal pharyngitis. The clinical practice ...

A shortage of benzathine penicillin G in Italy, as reported by the Italian Medicines Agency, highlights the relevance of recent research published in The New England Journal of Medicine. The trial ...