Just months after losing both legs to a rare and aggressive infection, 24-year-old Nigel Smith is back chasing the sport he loves: skateboarding.

Strep, short for Streptococcus, can cause a bacterial infection that typically leads to a sore throat, fever and swollen tonsils. It can affect adults, but it's most common in school-aged children.

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Published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the study revealed that cases of invasive group A Streptococcus increased from 3.6 to 8.2 cases per 100,000 persons.. Looking at only ...

Though strep throat is most common in children ages 5-12, Nagata says, "it can affect people of all ages." He explains that someone experiencing strep throat usually has a fever and throat pain ...

In 2013, around 4 out of 100,000 people were diagnosed with invasive strep. By 2022, that rate had risen to around 8 out of 100,000. The number of cases rose from 1,082 in 2013 to 2,759 in 2022.

Invasive strep A infections increased in the U.S. between 2013 and 2022, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. This jump comes after 17 years of ...

Severe strep infections are on the rise in the U.S. A new study shows a sharp increase in cases of invasive group A strep, which can lead to deadly conditions.

The new report from March provides more specific data. It noted that from Oct. 1, 2022, to Dec. 31, 2022, specific surveillance sites in Colorado and Minnesota saw 34 cases of invasive strep A.