HEALTH chiefs have alerted the public to a “highly contagious” disease with “serious” complications. Scarlet fever was the ...

The infectious disease, which was most prominent in the Victorian era, largely affects children aged between two and eight.

Parents have been warned to look out for the symptoms of a highly contagious disease after a surge in cases among children.

Symptoms of scarlet fever include a fever, rash and sore throat, according to the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The Mayo Clinic says the illness is caused by the same type of ...

WHEN Sydenham 1 coined the term "scarlet fever" in 1676, he remarked that this was a disease in name only. The truth of this statement becomes more and more apparent with the progress of knowledge ...

Higher maternal selenium levels during pregnancy were associated with a lower risk of streptococcal infections in children, ...

Your tongue not only tastes good, but it is also a mirror of your body's health. So the next time you look in the mirror, ...

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In the last few years the newer technics of identifying beta-hemolytic streptococci have been used in several studies of the epidemiology of scarlet . . . From the Haynes Memorial and Evans ...

Schools have been forced to close across Greece due to bacterial infections that have triggered widespread panic among ...