“While most cases of hand, foot, and mouth disease are mild, the virus spreads easily in group environments like schools and daycares,” said Dr. Bruce Randolph Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer ...

From the flu that sweeps through offices every winter to new viral outbreaks that make global headlines, contagious diseases remain one of humanity’s biggest challenges. Despite medical advances, ...

CHICAGO -- Health officials in the mid-Atlantic region have recently reported a rise in hand, foot and mouth disease, or HFMD. There were 197 emergency department visits related to the disease in ...

Every summer and into fall, hand, foot and mouth disease makes the rounds in schools, playgrounds and day cares. But this season, some parents and pediatricians have noticed an unusual uptick in cases ...

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Prince George's County Public Schools warned parents about the viral illness spreading in their classrooms, known as hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD). As of Oct. 23, more than 40 schools reported ...