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 ...

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 ...

It's that time of year again, when winter bugs seem to be everywhere and if your child is at school or nursery and in close contact with others, they're bound to pick up the odd illness or two. Colder ...

Does your child have strep throat, or is it just a common cold? It's challenging but important for parents to understand the differences in throat infections in kids. Pediatrician Cindy Gellner, MD, ...

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 ...

Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals. “We’re seeing kiddos with viral gastroenteritis, ear ...

An Austin-area man sounded miserable in his recent viral video discussing an illness he’s battling, calling it the “scarlet fever.” His video begs two questions: Is scarlet fever still around? And ...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong closed a kindergarten for a week on Tuesday after initial tests showed that a second child may have died of scarlet fever and experts warned that the epidemic sweeping ...