Medically reviewed by John Carew, MD A sore throat—also called pharyngitis—is typically caused by inflammation and swelling of throat (pharyngeal) tissues due to a bacterial or viral infection, ...

Last summer saw major outbreaks of herpangina, a viral illness that causes a high fever and blister-like sores in the mouth and throat that tend to spread quickly among children, and ...

A newborn who died last week was the second death from serious enterovirus infection this year, the Centers for Disease ...