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 ...

The differential diagnosis includes aphthous stomatitis, varicella, HSV infection and herpangina. Most HFMD cases are self-limiting, and only required supportive treatment. Rarely, there may be a ...

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