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PA: Multiple cases of hand foot and mouth disease reported in UPENN' s College Houses and sprint football team

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Source: https://www.thedp.com/article/2018/...e-spread-penn-east-coast-college-philadelphia

Multiple cases of hand foot and mouth disease reported in College Houses and sprint football team
By Julia Klayman 19 hours ago

Penn has seen an increase in the number of cases of hand, foot, and mouth disease reported on campus, following a trend of East Coast schools that have seen more cases of the disease this fall.

So far, there have been several reports at Penn among student athletes, another handful of cases found in the Quad, and one confirmed case in a fraternity, Executive Director of Student Health Services Giang T. Nguyen wrote in an email to The Daily Pennsylvanian.

Multiple members of Penn?s Sprint Football team were affected by the disease. Nursing freshman and Ware resident Jack Clancy, who had been infected, said there were probably three cases of HFMD on the team...
 
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