A Lubbock business is combating claims on social media about an alleged outbreak of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease.

UPMC Children’s Community pediatrics is seeing strep throat and viral upper respiratory infections this week. WellSpan ...

Hand, foot, and mouth disease is a viral illness that causes sores in one's mouth and a rash that often consists of small, white blisters or red bumps that usually appear on one's hands and feet.

Cases of viral hand-foot-and-mouth disease have spiked in recent months, and with the school year quickly approaching, there is a higher risk of transmission — especially among children aged 0 ...

Enterovirus 71 is another pathogen that may be responsible for causing the infection. There is no clear explanation for why the illness targets a person's hand, foot and mouth and not other parts ...

Data=KCDC As the number of patients with hand-foot-and-mouth disease has recently increased, health authorities have asked ...

Even still, "adults and adolescents can both get hand-foot-mouth disease," says Dr. Kellie Kruger, a board-certified physician in internal medicine and pediatrics at Mayo Clinic in Arizona. ...

Hand, foot and mouth disease is a highly contagious infection, most commonly caused by the coxsackie group of viruses. While highly contagious, most cases will be relatively mild.

If you suspect your child has Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease, PHCE generally advises parents to keep their child home during the initial days of illness to minimize exposure to other children.

Leading clinicians and medical researchers in India say they are aghast at the media reports that portray hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) — a common, relatively mild, viral infection ...