With kids now getting extra protection against chickenpox as part of their routine childhood immunisations, it’s hoped fewer kids will end up struggling with the worst effects of the illness. That ...

As summer heat and high humidity drive up bacterial skin infections, the number of infants and children with impetigo, a ...

Impetigo is a bacterial skin infection. It initially presents as blisters on the skin near the nose and mouth of the baby, before spreading to other body parts. The size of the blisters varies ...

Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health Physicians Roseville Pediatrics reports more viruses this week. They saw a lot of swimmer’s ear, some inner ear infections, increased impetigo cases, hand, foot ...

BELOIT (WKOW) — With the warmer weather, doctors have been seeing more cases of the skin infection known as impetigo. Impetigo is usually more common in infants and children, but medical professionals ...

Impetigo is a superficial skin infection with either Streptococcus pyogenes or Staphlococcus aureus strains, or both (a "twofer"). These Strep bacterial strains are not the same as "Strep throat" ones ...

Could the sores, blisters, and crusty lesions on your skin be signs of the contagious skin condition impetigo? Perhaps. But there’s a chance the symptoms may signal another condition. Indirect ...