Most had had previous episodes of rheumatic fever. We found that using long-term antibiotics (either injected into the muscle every month or taken as a tablet every day) compared with no antibiotic ...

Parents with young children have been warned to remain on high alert for a health condition that could cause kids to develop ...

The global burden of rheumatic heart disease continues to be significant although it is largely limited to poor and marginalized populations. In most endemic regions, affected patients present with ...

Key messages In people who have had previous rheumatic fever (the body attacking itself in response to bacterial infection) or have rheumatic heart disease (long-term damage to the heart due to ...