Indian gov't issues advisory on hand, foot and mouth disease

STORY: Indian gov't issues advisory on hand, foot and mouth disease DATELINE: Aug. 25, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:33 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of India gate 2. various of kids 3. various of hospital area STORYLINE: The Indian government has issued an advisory to states on hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD), commonly known as tomato flu, officials said Wednesday. The advisory was issued by the federal health ministry on Tuesday evening after over 100 cases of the disease were reported from four states, namely Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Odisha and Haryana. According to the WHO, HFMD is mild and self-limiting, with common symptoms including fever, painful sores in the mouth, and a rash with blisters on hands, feet and buttocks. However, more severe symptoms such as meningitis, encephalitis and polio-like paralysis may occur. Health experts say the infectious disease occurs most often in children, but can also occur in adolescents and occasionally in adults. Xinhua News Agency corres

Dose-sparing skin-patch vaccine against Japanese encephalitis

Dose-sparing skin-patch vaccine against Japanese encephalitis

Photo taken on Jan. 5, 2022, in the northern Japan city of Sapporo shows a skin-patch vaccine against Japanese encephalitis, developed by a research group led by Hiroaki Iwata of Hokkaido University Hospital. The 1.5-centimeter diameter patch with 109 microneedles could cut the amount of vaccine used to a 10th of that required by a subcutaneous injection to produce the same efficacy outcome, according to the research.

Rastislav Madar

Rastislav Madar

***FILE PHOTO*** Epidemiologist Rastislav Madar has left Health Minister Adam Vojtech's (for ANO) working team for quarantine restrictions relaxation at his own request, amid a stormy debate on the face-mask wearing duty in Czechia, telling CTK that there is no need for him to deal with low blows, on August 24, 2020. *** Epidemiologist Rastislav Madar attends a press conference on tick-borne encephalitis in Prague, Czech Republic, on March 21, 2011. (CTK Photo/Stanislav Zbynek)

Rastislav Madar

Rastislav Madar

***FILE PHOTO*** Epidemiologist Rastislav Madar has left Health Minister Adam Vojtech's (for ANO) working team for quarantine restrictions relaxation at his own request, amid a stormy debate on the face-mask wearing duty in Czechia, telling CTK that there is no need for him to deal with low blows, on August 24, 2020. *** Epidemiologist Rastislav Madar attends a press conference on tick-borne encephalitis in Prague, Czech Republic, on March 21, 2011. (CTK Photo/Stanislav Zbynek)

Rastislav Madar

Rastislav Madar

***FILE PHOTO*** Epidemiologist Rastislav Madar has left Health Minister Adam Vojtech's (for ANO) working team for quarantine restrictions relaxation at his own request, amid a stormy debate on the face-mask wearing duty in Czechia, telling CTK that there is no need for him to deal with low blows, on August 24, 2020. *** Epidemiologist Rastislav Madar attends a press conference on tick-borne encephalitis in Prague, Czech Republic, on March 21, 2011. (CTK Photo/Stanislav Zbynek)

Rastislav Madar

Rastislav Madar

***FILE PHOTO*** Epidemiologist Rastislav Madar has left Health Minister Adam Vojtech's (for ANO) working team for quarantine restrictions relaxation at his own request, amid a stormy debate on the face-mask wearing duty in Czechia, telling CTK that there is no need for him to deal with low blows, on August 24, 2020. *** Epidemiologist Rastislav Madar attends a press conference on tick-borne encephalitis in Prague, Czech Republic, on March 21, 2011. (CTK Photo/Stanislav Zbynek)

Institute produced vaccine with unauthorized method

Institute produced vaccine with unauthorized method

An official of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (R) gives a senior official of Kaketsuken, a maker of blood products and vaccines, documents at the ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2016, to order a full investigation into the company's Japanese encephalitis vaccine and all other products. The ministry said the vaccine was produced by an authorized method. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo