Page 10 - Strep A News Today

Jesse Brown, from Winter Park in Florida, twisted his ankle and scratched his leg, which spiraled into a deadly flesh-eating infection after he contracted Strep A.

The focus of the outbreak has understandably been on the young, but it can affect all ages

On December 8, 2022, brave little one-year-old Ryan Lines contracted the deadly strep A infection and has been in hospital for 62 days.

Cases of the killer bug have doubled across the Western Australia in the past three months while NSW, Victoria and Queensland have also reported recent spikes.

Schoolboy Mohammad Izaan Danish, eight, was allegedly sent from home from hospital twice before later dying of Strep A. Mohammad was first taken to Bradford Royal Infirmary on December 10.

The mother of Mohammad Izaan Danish reveals how doctors gave him ibuprofen despite begging them to take symptoms seriously

A mother's instincts saved her 4-year-old child's life. Luckily, she trusted her gut and rushed her child to a different hospital.

Reign Passey, 4, from Dudley in the West Midlands was forced to undergo a four hour operation to clear out tissue infected with flesh-eating bacteria after catching Strep A.

Aaron Bayley said Jesmond Park Academy in Newcastle confiscated his sons winter coat during freezing temperatures because he was not wearing the jacket specified by the school.

Official figures reveal there were 54,457 cases in England and Wales last year amid a surge in Strep A bacteria