Patients with rheumatic heart disease who took the heart failure drug digoxin were 18% less likely to die or experience ...

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

Cure Kids' annual report finds rates of Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease have increased to pre-pandemic levels. It also revealed hospitalisation rates for acute respiratory conditions in ...

Australia's First Nations populations are among the world's highest sufferers of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD), yet only one in five patients received treatment in 2019 ...

Despite being eliminated in almost all other first world nations, rates are increasing in Australia, particularly among ...

Fiji has revised its national policy on rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in an effort to prevent young Fijians from dying from a preventable disease. Head of the Family Health Unit ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (NewsNation) — Six in 10 adults will live ...

Strep throat is a common throat infection that often causes a sore throat, fever and trouble swallowing. It tends to come on quickly and may feel worse than a typical cold. While strep throat is most ...