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Hand, foot and mouth disease reported on increase in Pittsburgh area
By Adam Smeltz
Tuesday, July 8, 2014, 11:06 p.m.
Updated 6 hours ago
A contagious viral illness is causing longer-lasting fevers, worse rashes and is sickening more children this summer in the Pittsburgh area, pediatricians say.
Hand, foot and mouth disease primarily strikes children younger than 10, spreading through close contact and bodily fluids such as saliva. At Children's Community Pediatrics South Hills in Bethel Park, physicians have been seeing about two patients every day for the past month, Dr. Michael Frac said...
Hand, foot and mouth disease reported on increase in Pittsburgh area
By Adam Smeltz
Tuesday, July 8, 2014, 11:06 p.m.
Updated 6 hours ago
A contagious viral illness is causing longer-lasting fevers, worse rashes and is sickening more children this summer in the Pittsburgh area, pediatricians say.
Hand, foot and mouth disease primarily strikes children younger than 10, spreading through close contact and bodily fluids such as saliva. At Children's Community Pediatrics South Hills in Bethel Park, physicians have been seeing about two patients every day for the past month, Dr. Michael Frac said...
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