Disease

The hand, foot, mouth disease outbreak in Washoe County, Nevada, USA continues to spread with over 400 cases reported.

The disease is spread by direct contact with nose and throat discharges (coughing, sneezing), saliva, or fluid from blisters.

There is no treatment or vaccine for the disease, so the best defense is prevention.

 

Disease

7 000 primary schools and 2 700 kindergartens have been closed in Cambodia due to hand, foot and mouth disease outbreak.

 

Disease

29 schools have been closed in Bangkok, Thailand as the hand, foot and mouth disease outbreak spreads. 12 500 cases have been confirmed in Thailand this year.

East coast fever outbreak kills more than 1 200 livestock in Kenya.

 

Disease

The mystery disease that has claimed the lives of more than 50 children in Cambodia has been linked to the virus that causes hand, foot and mouth disease.

 

Disease

Bird flu outbreak on large, commercial chicken farms in Mexico. More than 600 000 birds affected and to be culled.

Hand, foot and mouth disease outbreak in Jamaica. At least 25 children affected.

 

Disease

A third case of flesh-eating disease has been confirmed in the south-eastern USA [Georgia].

An outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease in Iowa, USA continues to spread with dozens of cases being treated by doctors.

Hundreds of refugees from the Sirung volcano eruption in Indonesia suffer from respiratory ailments while seeking shelter in temporary camps.