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 ...

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

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 ...

A Cook County jury awarded $8 million to the family of a 67-year-old woman who died from a pulmonary embolism after a procedure to treat a problematic heart valve was allegedly delayed by her doctors ...

Rheumatic fever is an inflammatory disease that may affect the heart, joints, brain, and skin. It develops as a complication of infection with group A streptococcus. Usually, the streptococcus ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Indiana Fever guard Kelsey Mitchell (0) is blocked on a shot by Dallas Wings’ Maddy Siegrist (20) in the ...

Type I interferon has a crucial role in the immunopathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Analysis of CD4 + T cells from individuals with SLE now shows that type I interferon ...

New research for the Irish Heart Foundation shows poor awareness among women about their risk of heart disease. Just half of women recognise the symptoms of heart disease and stroke. The research ...

They happen when the group A strep bacteria moves into other parts of your body. Among them are: Rheumatic fever is a rare complication of scarlet fever. If scarlet fever or step throat isn't ...

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