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Cases of Strep A, Scarlet Fever on the Rise Among Children: WHO

Cases of Strep A, Scarlet Fever on the Rise Among Children: WHO
A girl and her mother sit in the waiting room of a private pediatrician in Vincennes, near Paris, on Dec. 2, 2022. BERTRAND GUAY/AFP via Getty Images
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Group A streptococcus (GAS) infections have been spreading in Europe recently, with the United Kingdom, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Sweden reporting a significant spike in cases in children under 10 years of age since September. Pediatric hospitals in the United States have also reported a rise in such cases from previous years.

On Dec. 12, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) jointly issued a warning about emerging trends regarding the disease.

David Chu is a London-based journalist who has been working in the financial sector for almost 30 years in major cities in China and abroad, including South Korea, Thailand, and other Southeast Asian countries. He was born in a family specializing in Traditional Chinese Medicine and has a background in ancient Chinese literature.
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