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Researchers and NHS medics from Cambridge found as many as one in 200 babies need care for a Group B strep they caught from their mothers during birth, far higher than official health service estimates.

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Aiyla Mota, from Hillingdon, north west London, was just two days from first showing symptoms of strep A when she fell ill - the four-year-old is now undergoing physiotherapy

Scientists say exposure to the tablets and ‘adverse effects on the beneficial bacteria in the gut could lead to increased risk of infection’

British scientists have started a pioneering trial to find a vaccine for Group A Strep, which can lead to deadly diseases including meningitis, using a new technique

12 children and 18 adults in Ireland have died of invasive form of Strep A since October 2022

There has been a reported increase in Strep A cases in under-18s, according to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC). According to the organisation, ...

There have been 394 cases of invasive Group A Streptococcus notified in Ireland to date.

Past year saw cases running at 4.5 times normal rate as outbreak continued beyond traditional winter months

Riya Hirani, of Wetheral Drive in Stanmore, was discharged from Northwick Park Hospital, in Harrow, on December 22, 2022 with a piece of paper and advice to use over-the-counter painkillers