China's HFMD toll rises to 43 as girl in Jiangxi succumbs

A 22-month-old girl from Ganzhou, a city in east China's Jiangxi Province, died of hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) in a hospital on Thursday, health officials said. Her death took the national toll from HFMD, an epidemic disease that mainly affects children, to 43. The Jiangxi Provincial Center... [read full story]