THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala is poised to achieve another significant public-health milestone — eliminating rheumatic fever (RF ...

Though rare in the United States, it primarily impacts children ages 5 to 15 with untreated or undertreated strep throat ...

Born to Sukumaran, a schoolteacher, and Kamalamma in Neyyattinkara, Thiruvananthapuram in 1959, Jayamohan was struck by acute rheumatic fever when he was 10. Acute rheumatic fever is a rare immune ...

A record 27.7 million people are in the grip of acute hunger in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), amid ongoing conflict linked to massive displacement and rising food prices, global food ...

As noted in the 2024 AAP Red Book ® (page 795), asymptomatic Group A Strep infections can produce and trigger recurrence of dangerous sequelae including acute rheumatic fever and Sydenham chorea.

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. The CDC released a health alert last week warning ...

As spring breakers this season continue to head south into warmer territory, mosquitoes are posing a health risk that calls for extra attention. Global cases of dengue fever are on the rise, says ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control, some countries are higher-than-usual cases of Dengue Fever this spring, and the CDC has found a higher-than-expected number of instances in U.S. travelers ...

IT'S that time of year again - hay fever sufferers are being warned to prepare for 2025's first pollen bomb. With parts of the country forecast to hit 20C today, the sunshine and warm weather will ...

Dengue fever cases have been rising among U.S. travelers and are expected to climb this year, according to a warning from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A “record number ...

ASHTABULA COUNTY, Ohio (WJW) – The Ashtabula County Health Department is alerting the public about a spike in strep throat cases and several cases of scarlet fever. “The Ashtabula County ...

Each of them has a history of one or more attacks of acute rheumatic fever fulfilling the modified Jones diagnostic criteria. After admission to the clinic, they have been receiving continuous ...