Strep A

Invasive Group A Streptococcal disease (iGAS or Strep A) is known to cause scarlet fever, throat infections and, in very rare cases, invasive disease.

Across all age groups in England, there have been 151 deaths from iGAS. UKHSA data for England has recorded 159 iGAS cases in children aged one to four so far this season, compared to 194 cases in that age group across the whole year of the last comparably high season in 2017 to 2018. Dr Obaghe Edeghere, UKHSA incident director, said: “As children return to school, scarlet fever and ‘strep throat’ continue to circulate at high levels and so it is important that we all wash our hands regularly and thoroughly and catch coughs and sneezes in a tissue. Alison Syred-Paul, the school’s headteacher said on 5 December: “Very tragically, we have learned of the death in recent days of a child who attended our school, who was also diagnosed with an invasive Group A Streptococcal (iGAS) infection. It usually causes mild illnesses such as a sore throat, but can cause other infections such as pneumonia and [scarlet fever](/topic/scarlet-fever), and in a small number of cases they can become very serious. Advertisement

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- Redness at the site of a wound - high temperature This compares to a total of 4,192 at the same point in the year during the last comparably high season in 2017 to 2018 – although cases in that season started to rise at a different point. [Cases of invasive strep A](https://www.the-sun.com/health/7063707/strep-a-deaths-england-uk-latest/) have also risen, with 34 children now having died from the illness in the UK. But it's not just cases of mumps that are rising and the most recent data from the UKHSA states that cases of scarlet fever are also on the up. - a high temperature In the second quarter of 2022, there were 1,123 cases of mumps in the UK, compared to 880 in the first quarter, data from the - loss of appetite - Swelling of glands [Mumps](https://www.the-sun.com/lifestyle/401902/what-is-mumps-symptoms-vaccine-treatment-and-signs-in-adults/) is a contagious viral infection that used to be common in children before the introduction of the MMR vaccine, the NHS states. Recently in the US, cases of measles have also been on the rise, with an outbreak in PARENTS have been urged to be on the lookout for signs of a Victorian illness as cases surge.

The CDC is investigating a rise in severe cases of strep throat among kids in the U.S. Several children's hospitals across the country have reported an ...

And it's just a reminder that measles is nothing to trifle with. Remember, the numbers are horrific. So, what I'm really worried about, Geoff, is, this is spillover from all the anti-vaccine activism we saw really take off around COVID-19 vaccines for adults. My understanding is, of the 80 plus cases, about more than 70, 75 have been unvaccinated. Many of those children, as I understand it, are unvaccinated, many of them young. Complicating things, pharmacists and parents are struggling to find children's pain and fever-reducing medications, surpassing what we saw at the peak of the pandemic. How do you characterize the risk? As we mentioned, at least two children in the U.S. Most parents know about it as a cause of strep throat, where pus appears on the tonsils, but it also can cause more invasive disease commonly, such as scarlet fever, what's called necrotizing fasciitis, toxic shock syndrome. He's the co-director of the Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development and dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. Several children's hospitals across the country have reported an increase in strep cases since November, including in Colorado, where two children have died. The CDC is investigating a rise in severe cases of strep throat among kids in the U.S.

“Not since the first wave of COVID-19,” Kári Hreinsson, Manager of Surgery, Anaesthesia, and Intensive Care Services at Landspítalan Hospital, told RÚV ...

When there are not enough beds, intensive care patients are transferred to the post-surgical care unit (vöknunardeild). Kári points out that a state of emergency was declared when 27 people were admitted to the intensive care unit with COVID-19. As of yesterday, 19 patients were staying in the intensive care unit (22 were staying in the ICU at its peak last weekend).