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 ...

Step A is a bacteria that causes a myriad of conditions including scarlet fever and strep throat. Invasive Group A Strep has been linked to a number of recent deaths in UK children At least 11 cases ...

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) ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At least 19 children have now died in the UK from invasive strep A disease, latest figures show. Data from the UK Health Security ...

Heartbreaking reports say that an eighth child has died from Strep A, a bacterial infection, in the UK since September this year. The disease is usually treatable with antibiotics (with penicillin ...

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 ...

The U.K. government is warning parents to be on the lookout for symptoms of scarlet fever and invasive group A strep, an infection that’s killed six children in the country. Scarlet fever, government ...

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 ...

The CDC is investigating the recent rise of invasive group A strep in young children Two Colorado children have died due to severe strep infections as the country experiences a rise in pediatric cases ...

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 ...

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) today confirmed that scarlet fever and infections with invasive Group A streptococcus (iGAS) "continue to remain higher than we would typically see at this time ...