From the Malaysian Insider: Vaccine hopes for hand, foot, mouth disease

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/features/article/vaccine-hopes-for-hand-foot-mouth-disease

Vaccine hopes for hand, foot, mouth disease

PARIS, 1 June — Researchers in China said Wednesday a trial vaccine provided "significant" protection against a virus that can cause potentially deadly hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) in children.

In the final testing phase, the vaccine proved 90 percent effective, providing protection for at least 12 months against HFMD caused by the enterovirus 71 (EV71), said a study published in The Lancet.

Since it was discovered in 1969, EV71 has caused major outbreaks of HFMD around the world, affecting mostly children and mainly in Asia.