Experimental vaccines protect children from hand, foot and mouth disease

Shots prevent cases resulting from enterovirus 71

HELP ON THE WAY  New vaccines against hand, foot and mouth disease that are testing well in China might slow the scourge, which has hit parts of Asia especially hard.

N. Sarma et al/Indian J. Dermatol. 2009/Open-I, NLM/NIH

New vaccines designed to fend off a leading cause of hand, foot and mouth disease have proved highly effective.