With plenty of winter viruses spreading in the Chicago area this holiday season, it can be tricky to tell what illness you ...

Medically reviewed by Kate Colby, MPH Strep throat (medically known as streptococcal pharyngitis) is an infection that ...

Strep throat (medically known as streptococcal pharyngitis) is an infection that happens when bacteria called Streptococcus pyogenes (group A Streptococcus) infect your throat and tonsils.

While working on her MBA at Carey Business School, Canares, a pediatric emergency physician, and Mathias Unberath, a computer science professor in the Whiting School of Engineering, began developing a ...

began developing a smartphone app called CurieDx that could screen for strep by comparing a photo of the user's throat with artificial intelligence images. In 2021, Canares put her medical career ...