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 1914 ...

Public Health England is urging people to be aware of scarlet fever symptoms as we “move into the peak season”. The contagious bacterial infection tends to strike during the cold winter months. Once ...

Not as common as it was 100 years ago, scarlet fever -- scarlatina -- is a bacterial infection caused by group A Streptococcus or "group A strep." This illness affects a small percentage of people who ...

Since local health officials began tending to an outbreak of scarlet fever in a D.C. elementary school 10 days ago, scattered cases have cropped up almost daily in schools across the Washington region ...

WellSpan Pediatric Medicine Physicians across the Midstate are seeing strep throat, stomach bugs and mild colds with a cough and congestion. This week, the providers of UPMC Children’s Community ...

The Ashtabula County Health Department is reporting "a spike" in cases of strep throat, plus a few reported cases of associated scarlet fever from strep throat infections. "Unfortunately, we are not ...

JEFFERSON — A spike in strep throat cases in Ashtabula County has led the Ashtabula County Health Department to spread information regarding the illness and several cases of associated scarlet fever, ...

Brits are being warned about these three deadly Victorian-era diseases that are making a comeback - after a young woman ...