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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

England's health agency is warning parents to be aware of the signs and symptoms of scarlet fever as infections continue to soar nationwide. England's health agency is warning parents to be aware of ...

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 ...

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 ...