Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is an autoimmune disorder resulting from Group A Streptococcus (GAS) pharyngitis or impetigo in children and adolescents, which may evolve to rheumatic heart disease (RHD) ...

Now, it appears the Fever will have to cope with even more injuries. Two other Indiana guards—Sydney Colson and Sophie Cunningham— left the Fever's 85–83 loss Friday with various ailments.

Indiana Fever newcomer Sophie Cunningham was in the midst of two tussles during the team's preseason game against the Washington Mystics on Saturday.

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While the WHO had set a target of a 25% reduction in acute rheumatic fever (ARF) cases among those under 25 by 2025, Kerala surpassed this goal, reporting a 70% drop between 2019 and 2024.

Rheumatic heart disease is a condition in which rheumatic fever has permanently damaged the heart valves, causing symptoms of shortness of breath, chest pain and swelling.

In the existing studies of rheumatic-fever recurrences, the criteria used for the diagnosis of carditis either were not defined or were frequently disparate from those used by other investigators.

Culturally safe health care is key to tackling rheumatic heart disease in Australia, with researchers saying Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-led prevention programs need to be prioritised.

"For school-aged children with rheumatic fever, monthly intramuscular penicillin injections for around 10 years can be painful and traumatic if they have a fear of needles, and some people may ...

RHEUMATIC fever has been generally regarded as a disease principally affecting children, and its occurrence in adults has as a consequence been more or less ignored. The high incidence of this dise ...