Health experts are urging parents to keep an eye out for signs of scarlet fever in their children following their return to ...

The toxins also can affect your tongue. Scarlet fever in adults This condition is most common among children between the ages of 5 and 15. But anyone exposed to group A strep bacteria can get it.

A special study was made of 27 children who were immunized against scarlet fever during April and May, 1939, and of 71 patients similarly immunized during the same period in 1944. All these ...

Antibiotics, such as penicillin and amoxicillin, are essential. But warm salt gargles, oatmeal baths, and other home ...

According to PHW, scarlet fever mainly affects children aged two to eight, with most having built up an immunity to it by the age of 10. Most cases of scarlet fever cause no complications ...

Dozens of children at a County Down primary school are suffering from strep A bacterial infections, including cases of scarlet fever, a principal has said. Michael Peacock, from Brackenagh West ...

They say scarlet fever is usually a mild illness from which most children will recover without complications, especially if the condition is properly treated with antibiotics. Mild strep A ...

At least 19 children have died from Strep A as the number of Scarlet Fever cases rise to three times more than the usual level but how are they connected? A senior health official has said that ...

What is scarlet fever? Scarlet fever is an infection which is caused by a bacteria called group A streptococci. It is usually a very mild illness, however, it is highly infectious. It is most commonly ...

Scarlet fever alert as schools send out urgent letters warning of disease - here are the symptoms you need to know ...

There has been a massive jump in the number of scarlet fever cases in the UK ... meaning at least nine children are known to have died with the infection since September. Local health protection ...