Maryn McKennaNew from me at WIRED:
The UK is enduring an historic outbreak of scarlet fever, caused by group A strep infection. Cases *might* be rising in the US too; it's hard to know, because we haven't built the data systems that could tell us.
But if a wave of serious group A strep is coming, what might protect the US is greater awareness of the illness —caused, sadly, by the death of a NY teen 10 years ago.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-uk-is-enduring-an-onslaught-of-scarlet-fever-is-the-us-next/
The UK is enduring an historic outbreak of scarlet fever, caused by group A strep infection. Cases *might* be rising in the US too; it's hard to know, because we haven't built the data systems that could tell us.
But if a wave of serious group A strep is coming, what might protect the US is greater awareness of the illness —caused, sadly, by the death of a NY teen 10 years ago.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-uk-is-enduring-an-onslaught-of-scarlet-fever-is-the-us-next/
Peter Bornstein