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Hand, foot and mouth disease cases increase in Houston
KTRK
By Natasha Barrett
Monday, June 30, 2014
HOUSTON (KTRK) --
More children are bringing home hand, foot and mouth disease in the Houston area. Doctors at Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital say they are treating at least two patients a day for it...
...Doctors say here in the Texas, because of our hot climate, the disease is around all year long. They also say the influx of cases may be due to children attending summer camps or integrating into new daycare centers.
The city of Houston says they don't have statistics on the number of children sickened by the virus because it is not, by law, a reportable disease for Houston and Harris County...
Hand, foot and mouth disease cases increase in Houston
KTRK
By Natasha Barrett
Monday, June 30, 2014
HOUSTON (KTRK) --
More children are bringing home hand, foot and mouth disease in the Houston area. Doctors at Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital say they are treating at least two patients a day for it...
...Doctors say here in the Texas, because of our hot climate, the disease is around all year long. They also say the influx of cases may be due to children attending summer camps or integrating into new daycare centers.
The city of Houston says they don't have statistics on the number of children sickened by the virus because it is not, by law, a reportable disease for Houston and Harris County...