Editor’s Note: On December 3, 2015, China Food and Drug Administration approved the production of inactivated enterovirus 71 vaccine, a new drug independently developed by China. This is the first hand-foot-mouth disease vaccine approved for listing in the world. The advent of the vaccine can effectively reduce the incidence rate of hand-foot-mouth disease among children in our country, especially the severe cases and deaths of the disease, which is of great significance to the protection of children’s life and health in our country. Hand-foot-mouth disease is mainly affected by children under 5 years old. Since the first case of hand-foot-mouth disease occurred in China in 1981, there have been many large-scale outbreaks or epidemics, ranking among the infectious diseases with Read More …