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, ...

The Isle of Man's Public Health Directorate urges parents to look out for the signs of the illness.

Cases of chickenpox and scarlet fever are "circulating in the school community", Guernsey's Public Health Services (PHS) has said. It has asked parents to look out for symptoms and contact their GP as ...

Researchers have identified the genetic material of scarlet fever while examining a tooth from a naturally mummified skull housed at MUNARQ, the National Museum of Archaeology in La Paz. Using a ...

A 700-year-old mummy from the Bolivian Andes is quietly reshaping what scientists thought they knew about ancient diseases.

Strep A (Group A Streptococcus) is a common type of bacteria that typically causes throat infections and scarlet fever. While most infections are mild, in rare cases Strep A can cause invasive ...

Public Health is reporting an increase in cases of scarlet fever on the Island; a contagious infection that mostly affects young children. Scarlet fever can be easily treated with antibiotics, so ...

Before the invention of modern antibiotics, the disease was a leading cause of childhood death and disability, sometimes ...