Obstreperous is a long and dramatic word that encapsulates noisy defiance. Rooted in Latin expressions of clamour and opposition, it remains relevant in political, social and literary contexts.

Growing research suggests the bacteria left behind by the common childhood infection may trick the immune system into ...

Strep throat is a bacterial infection of the throat and tonsils caused by group A Streptococcus bacteria, often called group A strep. It spreads through respiratory droplets when someone coughs or ...

Strep Throat: What It Is, Symptoms, Causes, and Living With It THURSDAY, Jan. 29, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Strep throat is a common throat infection that often causes a sore throat, fever and trouble ...

A common strep throat infection can trigger guttate psoriasis by altering the behavior of key immune cells, according to a new study from Karolinska Institutet published in eBioMedicine. The findings ...

Couple said they wanted to warn the public how untreated Strep A can be fatal and to raise awareness it is curable with antibiotics and early diagnosis Lilly and Dermot Murphy from Cork leaving the ...

A Cork GP is to be sanctioned for poor professional performance after a 10-year-old Cork girl suffered a painful death from an illness that is treatable if diagnosed in time. Three findings of poor ...

Convex Group Limited, the international specialty insurer and reinsurer, has successfully closed the transaction establishing its new, long term ownership structure led by Onex Corporation, with ...

Three findings of poor professional performance have been made against a Cork GP over her failure to recognise the urgency of the condition of a young schoolgirl who subsequently suffered a painful ...

Structure Therapeutics Inc. is emerging in oral GLP-1 obesity drugs after Phase II success and rivals’ setbacks. Click here ...