Fifth disease spreads from person to person through respiratory droplets containing parvovirus B19, a common, contagious ...

According to Amy Phelps with the MOV Health Department, cases of Fifth’s Disease in Wood Co. have been particularly seen in ...

At this time, the county is seeing increased activity in some local schools of parvovirus (Fifth disease), but without a diagnosis, the Ashtabula County Health Department can’t definitively say ...

The Ashtabula County Health Department said they have been seeing more cases of Fifth disease, also known as “slapped cheek.” However, it wasn’t clear if that was the virus causing problems ...

Shumate said the health department suspects it is fifth disease, because there were recent confirmed cases of it at Geneva Area City Schools, which have since been resolved. GACS made sure ...

According to medical experts at Southeastern Idaho Public Health, slap cheek is a mild sickness. It's caused by the parvovirus B19, and is rarely serious. It's signaled by a bright red rash or ...