Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A child suffering from scarlet fever (Getty/iStock) Parents in Northern Ireland have been urged to be on the lookout for symptoms ...

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 ...

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, ...

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ASHTABULA, Ohio — 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.

EXETER — Having dealt with COVID-19 for the past few years, the emergence of monkeypox and diseases we thought were gone, like polio and scarlet fever, are making a disease-weary society nervous.

Health officials in the U.K. are warning parents to be alert after a recent spate of severe Strep A infections resulted in the deaths of at least six children. Streptococcus A — or Group A Strep (GAS) ...

Charizma Jones, 23, was serving a one-year sentence at New York's Riker's Island for assault. Charizma Jones died this July from an lingering case of suspected scarlet fever. However, supporters of ...

Cases of scarlet fever in Scotland are "unseasonably high", according to NHS Borders Health Protection team. Parents are being asked to be vigilant for symptoms and to seek treatment if they suspect ...