BLACKFOOT, Idaho (KIFI) – Fargo-based medical startup, Checkable Medical, is conducting a clinical study to prove the safety and effectiveness of an over-the-counter at-home strep test. Once the study ...

Patty Post was a busy mother of three who had grown tired of the revolving door of clinic visits whenever one of her children had strep throat. She started to ask, "Why couldn't this test be taken at ...

While one of the symptoms of strep throat might be a sore throat, the cause behind it is much different; while your average ...

WEST FARGO — A photo collage hangs in Patty Post’s office that shows Post as a toddler, looking like she belongs on some kind of Forbes “50 under 5” list. Taken by her dad’s assistant when he was an ...

Developers are pursuing rapid flu and strep-throat diagnostic products as the pandemic raised consumers’ comfort level with monitoring their own health, The Wall Street Journal reported March 3.

If you or your child suddenly feel a fiery, stabbing pain in the throat that makes swallowing difficult and unpleasant, you may have a case of strep throat. This respiratory illness is more prevalent ...

A spike in strep cases in North Carolina resulted in a child’s death and another being hospitalized in Mecklenburg County. Both children had an infection from the group A strep (GAS) bacteria that ...

A new study finds doctors don't need to double-check the results of a negative strep throat test. That's because any missed cases typically don't result in additional health problems. The study in the ...

Researchers have successfully developed a new Strep A human challenge model, paving the way to test vaccines against the common deadly bacteria that causes sore throats, scarlet fever and skin sores.

Doctors around the United States are seeing an explosion of strep throat cases among children, some of whom are presenting with few or atypical symptoms. Against a backdrop of other respiratory ...