Scarlet fever is an illness that can happen in kids, usually 5–15 years old, who also have strep throat or strep skin infections. The strep bacteria make a toxin (poison) that causes a bright red, ...

Five of the ten most visited health conditions on the NHS website mostly affect youngsters - including scarlet fever, slapped ...

In the early 20th century, scarlet fever was one of the leading causes of infant death, sometimes wiping out an entire family’s children. Over 2,800 deaths were recorded at the height of the ...

Five of the top ten visited pages on the NHS website last year were for conditions that mostly affect the young ...

It is most common among children under 10. Science Photo Library A joint investigation by public health authorities from across England and Wales found that the incidence of scarlet fever tripled ...

Since the lifting of COVID-19 quarantine measures, various infectious diseases such as chickenpox, measles, whooping cough, ...

A young child in Queensland has been diagnosed with a mysterious strain of Scarlet fever directly linked to the epidemic in the UK, setting off alarm bells among infectious disease experts in ...

Hyderabad: Doctors are raising concern over cases of scarlet fever among children. It is a bacterial infection that usually ...

Slapped cheek syndrome, which can see a rash develop on children’s cheeks, saw the biggest increase with pageviews rising by ...

Scarlet fever is a seasonal bacterial infection in children caused by group A Streptococcus, and it can be treated with ...

Hyderabad is witnessing an increase in cases of scarlet fever among children aged 5 to 15 years, along with a surge in other viral fevers during the ongoing winter season, senior paediatricians warned ...