UNLIKE certain other common diseases of childhood, rheumatic fever leaves no known immunity and seems to create an increased susceptibility to recurrent attacks. The effects of these recurrent ...

Born to Sukumaran, a schoolteacher, and Kamalamma in Neyyattinkara, Thiruvananthapuram in 1959, Jayamohan was struck by acute ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Ashtabula County is experiencing a spike in cases of strep throat and scarlet fever from strep throat ...

A new tool to test for scabies is being trialled by doctors in the Northern Territory, with researchers hoping early diagnosis could prevent people with the skin infestation from developing other life ...

The bacteria can cause severe complications, such as rheumatic fever, and possible damage to the kidneys, liver, or heart, along with other infections ...