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Our ‘immunity debt’ means that we’ll be struggling to fight off viruses - and these tend to be respiratory infections

The London-based health guru and mother-of-two, 31, posted an Instagram story in which she revealed she and one of her daughters had spent seven hours in hospital before coming home.

The father of Stella-Lilly McCorkindale, who is the ninth child to die from the infection in the UK, took her to the hospital three times before she died.

"On darker skin, the rash can be more difficult to detect visually."

Data shows the Isle of Wight is currently suffering higher infection rates of scarlet fever than anywhere else in the UK

Children in the UK with sore throats shouldnt attend school because they may have Strep A, official guidance suggested today.

Fears that coronavirus restrictions have caused an immunity debt, leaving children more vulnerable to infections

The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) has issued advice to parents following the death of a second girl whose death may be linked to Group A streptococcus (Strep...

Pharmacists say there is, but the government claims there isnt.

In a glimmer of hope in the battle against Strep A, Camila Rose Burns, four, from Bolton whose fight against the killer illness tugged at the nations heartstrings has been taken off a ventilator.