Article: WHO spokesperson advises on hand-foot-mouth disease prevention, cure

Article: Good hygiene can keep HFMD away
New Straits Times;  October 28, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Section HAND, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is on teh rise but ... the Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD). The culprit is ... children in Sarawak. "HFMD is often confused with foot-and-mouth disease of cattle, sheep ...

Article: Roundup: HFMD outbreaks draw concerns in Asian countries, ...
Xinhua News Agency;  May 11, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Roundup: HFMD outbreaks draw concerns in Asian countries ... Multiple epidemic of hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) has drawn concerns from the public ... countries, while experts said that the HFMD is a preventable and controllable disease ...

Article: CHINA: HFMD NOT AFFECT OLYMPICS
AsiaInfo Services;  May 9, 2008 ;     535 words ... ... Services 05-09-2008 China: HFMD Not Affect Olympics BEIJING, May ... have died from the hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) has climbed to 28, with all victims ... said on May 7. The number of HFMD cases reported across the country ...

Article: The HFMD outbreak that wasn't
New Straits Times;  November 5, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... hand, foot and mouth disease. What Malaysians ... bureaucratic tamasha over HFMD played out in public ... hand, foot and mouth disease is typically benign ... sequence of events: HFMD cases were rising ... actual situation - HFMD as usual, but with ... hand, foot and mouth ...

Article: China HFMD outbreak peaks in May: health official
Xinhua News Agency;  June 10, 2008 ;     450 words ...China HFMD outbreak peaks in May: health official ... than 176,000 cases of hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) last month, but the outbreak peaked ... which first reported the outbreak of HFMD, had 10,700 cases in May including ...

Article: Sarawak prepares for HFMD epidemic
New Straits Times;  November 20, 2008 ;     421 words ... ... 20-2008 Sarawak prepares for HFMD epidemic Byline: Firdaus Abdullah ... for an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) in the next few months. Deputy ... said there were indications that a HFMD epidemic among young children ...

Article: China's HFMD toll rises to 43 as girl in Jiangxi succumbs
Xinhua News Agency;  May 16, 2008 ;     388 words ...China's HFMD toll rises to 43 as girl in Jiangxi succumbs ... Jiangxi Province, died of hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) in a hospital on Thursday. health ... Her death took the national toll from HFMD, an epidemic disease that mainly affects ...