China Says Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease Spreading among Children
After state media reported the outbreak of a virus among Chinese children in Anhui Province recently, the government has now identified it as hand, foot and mouth disease. From AP via Examiner.com:...
View ArticleChina Urges Precautions Against Deadly Virus
From AP via Examiner.com: China has made it mandatory for health care providers to report all cases of a viral illness that has sickened thousands of young children across the country, as the death...
View ArticleFuyang Media’s Silence During EV71 Epidemic
The hand foot and mouth disease outbreak seems like a local version of the 2003 SARS epidemic. And there’s one more similarity: the silence of the local media. A commentary translated by CDT from the...
View Article2 China Officials Fired Over Disease Reporting
Two health officials in Henan Province have been fired for mishandling the reporting of hand, foot and mouth disease and investigators are looking into whether there was a cover-up. AP reports: China...
View ArticleHand, Foot and Mouth Virus Kills 18 kids
More deaths have been reported in the latest hand, mouth and foot disease outbreak. From China Daily: Hand-foot-mouth disease has claimed the lives of 18 Chinese children so far this year, as the...
View ArticleChina Reports 7 New Deaths from Child Virus
Following seven more deaths, a total of 57 people have died this year from hand, foot and mouth disease, AP reports: About 126,000 cases have been reported this year — nearly 55,000 in March alone, 31...
View ArticleVirus Outbreak Causes 40 Child Deaths in China
The Ministry of Health has reported that 40 children died of hand foot and mouth disease in China last month. From AP: The Ministry of Health reported 77,756 cases of the disease in March. The number...
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