Coxsackie virus and herpangina are two other viral causes. Severe sore throat may be caused by a bacterium called group A Streptococcus. You can't always tell whether a throat infection is viral ...

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 ...