IRISH parents are being urged to recognise the signs of scarlet fever – and know when it’s time to bring your child to a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Medically reviewed by Amelia MacIntyre, DO Scarlet fever is caused by group A strep bacteria and is highly contagious. You can have symptoms like a red, sandpaper-like rash, sore throat, and fever.

GP and paediatrics specialist Dr David Capehorn provides an update for GPs on recognition and management of infectious ...

An elementary school in Southfield, Michigan, is reporting four cases of scarlet fever. Southfield Public Schools said in a release Thursday that the cases were confirmed at Stevenson Elementary ...

A problem or a crisis may start with one event, but it often takes many connections to find a solution. The adage is that it takes a village to raise a child. In this instance, it took the people of ...

Scarlet fever’s power to kill in epidemic proportion was severely weakened by the development of a vaccine in the 1920s. Typically arriving in cold weather, scarlet fever targeted the young. On Jan.

“Irene Schildknecht, 8 years old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Schildknecht, Jr., living northeast of this city, is ill with a severe case of scarlet fever. “The health authorities immediately took ...