The Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control issued a warning recently about a new increase in Pediatric Invasive Group A streptococcal infection-or I-GAS. The CDC says it’s an infection that can lead to flesh-eating bacterial disease as well as toxic shock syndrome and can result in organ failure. Health officials say the levels of I-Gas infection in children nationwide is above what was seen in the first two years of the pandemic. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports the Georgia Department of Public Health says I-Gas cases are showing an uptick here, but the department was unable to provide a number on recent cases.

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