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 ...

Rheumatic fever and scarlet fever both occur due to a bacterial infection. However, they have some important differences to consider. Rheumatic fever is a complication of under-managed bacterial ...

Scarlet fever, or scarlatina, is a bacterial infection that causes a distinctive bright red sandpaper-like rash. Streptococcus pyogenes (group A strep)—the same bacteria responsible for strep ...

My 1-year-old daughter recently got sick. She cried nonstop, she ran a fever, and her body broke out in a fiery red, spotty, measleslike rash. But it wasn't measles. (Recent outbreaks notwithstanding, ...