PHILADELPHIA - As the back-to-school season approaches, the American Academy of Pediatrics reports an uptick in hand-foot-and-mouth disease cases among young children, more than any other summer. This ...

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 ...

Doctors are warning parents to watch for hand, foot and mouth disease, a viral infection common in children that can spread quickly in daycares and households. Hand, foot and mouth disease is usually ...

HFMD is increasingly caused by Coxsackievirus A6 (CVA6) and A10 (CVA10), not just the historically common A16 and EV71. These new strains are associated with more severe symptoms, atypical rashes, and ...

Understanding the surge in Coxsackieviruses and what we can do to keep our kids from catching it. The weekly rate of cases of Coxsackieviruses or hand, foot, and mouth disease has more than tripled ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Georgia Department of Health, District 4, and Fulton County Board of Health are among the agencies warning parents about cases ...

Health officials in the mid-Atlantic region have recently reported a rise in hand, foot and mouth disease, or HFMD. What is hand, foot and mouth disease, and what causes it? How is it spread? What are ...