When Kelsey Brown met Mohammed, the 15-year-old Ugandan boy looked terribly worried. He was in the late stages of rheumatic heart disease, which kills about 400,000 people a year worldwide. His ...

Childhood is a relatively short period, but it sets the foundations for the rest of our life. Children born today will most ...

Group A streptococcus (GAS) bacteria is a pervasive pathogen, spread through airborne droplets and skin-to-skin contact, that may lead to invasive group A streptococcus (iGAS), post-streptococcal ...

Fever is a possible symptom of Crohn’s disease, as well as its complications. It’s also a possible side effect of certain ...

Each year, the American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the National Institutes of Health and other government ...

A new study shows Pasifika children in Aotearoa are 115 times more likely to be hospitalised with acute rheumatic fever than European children.

Maori children are also 46 times more likely to develop these conditions. Cure Kids Chair of Child Health Research Stuart Dalziel says the solutions to improving their health are clear. He says it's ...

INDIANAPOLIS — It's official: the Indiana Fever's playoff drought will stop at seven seasons. The Fever officially clinched a playoff spot as Chicago lost to Las Vegas and Atlanta lost to ...

The author of a new book on rheumatic fever says the disease is an example where an unapologetic focus on Māori and Pacific ...