Beijing reports 1st child death of hand-foot-mouth disease
Beijing's health authority on Wednesday confirmed the first child death of hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) in the capital.
- China's hand-foot-mouth cases rise to 27,499 (5 9, 2008 Xinhua English)
- Minister: China strives to minimize fatalities in viral outbreak (5 7, 2008 Xinhua English)
News
- Beijing reports 1st child death of hand-foot-mouth disease (5 13, 2008 Xinhua English)
- Health ministry: Viral outbreak in worst-hit China city under control
(5 11, 2008 Xinhua English) - China's hand-foot-mouth cases rise to 27,499 (5 9, 2008 Xinhua English)
- U.S. offers assistance in tackling HFMD outbreak in China (5 8, 2008 Xinhua English)
- Death toll from China viral outbreak rises to 32, 24,934 infected (5 8, 2008 Xinhua English)
- Death toll from China viral outbreak rises to 30 (5 8, 2008 Xinhua English)
- China expects higher incidence of viral disease through July (5 7, 2008 Xinhua English)
- China registers nearly 20,000 hand-foot-mouth infections (5 7, 2008 Xinhua English)
- Macao records 79 cases of hand-foot-mouth disease (5 7, 2008 Xinhua English)
- WHO endorses China's efforts to control hand-foot-mouth disease (5 7, 2008 Xinhua English)
- China hand-foot-mouth infections rocket to 15,799 (5 6, 2008 Xinhua English)
- Xinhua's tally: Death toll of hand-foot-mouth disease rises to 28 in China (5 6, 2008 Xinhua English)
- Minister: China strives to minimize fatalities in viral outbreak (5 7, 2008 Xinhua English)
- Beijing suspends two kindergartens over hand-foot-mouth infections (5 7, 2008 Xinhua English)
- China's hand-foot-mouth cases reach 12,164 so far in 2008 (5 6, 2008 Xinhua English)
- China's hand-foot-mouth cases rise to 11,905 (5 5, 2008 Xinhua English)
- Hand-foot-mouth epidemic still continues to spread across China (5 7, 2008 Xinhua English)
- NW China province reports 118 cases of hand-foot-mouth disease (5 2, 2008 Xinhua English)
- Suspected death case of hand-foot-mouth disease reported in S China (5 2, 2008 Xinhua English)
- Chinese Health Ministry forecasts increase of hand-foot-mouth disease (5 7, 2008 Xinhua English)
- Chinese province reports 1,198 hand-foot-mouth cases (5 5, 2008 Xinhua English)
- China punishes doctors, officials for misdeeds in foot-hand-mouth epidemic (5 5, 2008 Xinhua English)
- Hubei reports 340 cases of hand-foot-mouth disease (5 7, 2008 Xinhua English)
Video & photo
25 children have now died from hand-foot-mouth disease. Tests have confirmed that 24 of those were triggered by a virus known as EV71. Meanwhile, the number of infected children infected continues to grow. more>>
Experts sent by the Ministry of Health work in a laboratory in Fuyang, Anhui Province May 6, 2008 to tackle the deadly infectious disease caused by EV71 virus. more>>
A child has her mouth disinfected in prevention against a kind of intestinal virus, identified as enterovirus 71 or EV71, at a kindergarten in Tianjin municipality, May 7, 2008. more>>