The historical record shows that the battle to prevent and find cures for infectious disease will lead to a lower incidence of chronic, disabling diseases. At the same time, efforts to find ...

Higher rates of childhood Streptococcus pyogenes (group A Streptococcus (GAS)) infections following the COVID-19 pandemic ...

Pregnancy causes stress on the heart and circulatory system because the blood volume rises from 30% to 50%, which puts more ...

According to the World Health Organization, rheumatic heart disease is the most commonly acquired heart disease in people under age 25. Rheumatic heart disease claims about 288,348 lives each year ...

A RECENT review of the literature 1 and our own experience at the House of the Good Samaritan 2–5 suggest that early treatment of rheumatic fever with ACTH and cortisone may prevent or mitigate ...

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced the 2025 Australian of the Year, Senior Australian of the Year, Young ...

ACUTE rheumatic fever, in the absence of intercurrent streptococcal respiratory infections and rheumatic recrudescences, is generally a self-limited disease that subsides within twelve weeks.

Young Australian of the Year has gone to Dr Katrina Wruck, a proud Mabuigilaig and Goemulgal woman whose research is aimed at giving back to remote communities.

Don’t look now but the Dengvaxia cases and controversy are beginning to boomerang and may end up landing at the feet or face of those who started it.

Persistent skin and throat infections caused by Streptococcus pyogenes can lead to the development of acute rheumatic fever ...

Ageing is a natural and unavoidable phenomenon that brings with it various health challenges, including arthritis, memory ...