More than 100 people died of an invasive Group A strep infection in Canada in 2017, according to information provided by provincial and territorial public health agencies to CBC News. Public health ...

An alert issued by the public health unit in London, Ont., about an outbreak of invasive group A streptococcus has focused public attention on common bacteria that can cause infections ranging ...

Those cases are referred to as "invasive" group A strep infections because the bacteria infects a part of the body that you wouldn't expect, such as the blood, lungs or soft tissue, Henry said.

Several European countries are seeing a rise in scarlet fever, invasive group A streptococcus (iGAS). 2 Montreal children have died as a result of complications from iGAS. Some Canadian doctors ...

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