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 ...

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 ...

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According to an accompanying graphic, symptoms include a bumpy rash, raised temperature, sore throat, 'strawberry' tongue, ...

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) ...

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, ...

Scarlet fever is spiking in the UK, with case numbers more than fourfold higher than normal for this time of year. And a rare but serious invasive disease caused by the same bacteria that causes ...