You or your kids may already been familiar with strep throat; I know I had to suffer through lots of throat swabs and pink liquid medicine as a kid. But the medication to treat it is in short supply ...

While some Chicago-area doctors say strep cases have been increased in recent weeks, the symptoms might not be ones you typically think of. Dr. Neha Bhagi, a pediatrician at John H. Stroger Jr.

Impetigo is a superficial skin infection caused by either streptococcal or staphlococcal bacteria, or both at the same time. The word, from Latin impeto (to strike or rush against), is an old coinage.