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New vaccine protects kids against hand, foot and mouth disease
ReutersBy Kate Kelland LONDON, May 28 (Reuters) - Chinese scientists have developed the first vaccine to protect children against a virus called enterovirus 71, or EV71, that causes the common and sometimes deadly hand, foot and mouth disease. The new...Tags: Preventative Medicine, Skin Rash, Enterovirus infection , Diseases and Illnesses, Beijing (China)
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Hand-Foot-Mouth menace
When Jonah Posner developed a fever last spring, his mother, Tracy, didn’t think much of it. The then-2-year-old was eating, drinking and sleeping as he usually did. “He had no other symptoms besides the fever,” Tracy Posner says....
Tags: Skin Rash, Enterovirus infection , Howard County General Hospital, Acetaminophen (drug), Diseases and Illnesses
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Hand, foot and mouth disease common in children
Hand, foot and mouth disease is a common ailment often picked up by children in day care. While it may make for a cranky child, Dr. Benjamin N. Lockshin, a Silver Spring dermatologist who also teaches at Georgetown University and the Johns Hopkins...Tags: Enterovirus infection , Early Learning, Diseases and Illnesses, Schools, Mouth
May 28, 2013
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