CDC Investigates Another Death of Child With Enterovirus 68

There are more than 100 known varieties of non-polio enteroviruses in the world, and they cause 10 to 15 million infections every year, ranging from the common cold (rhinovirus), to hand, foot, and mouth disease (coxsackie), to meningitis and

Respiratory illnesses caused by an enterovirus are sending children to hospitals as the disease spreads across the country, health officials say. (Credit: CDC). California public health officials said Friday that 14 patients in the 

Two Bay Area counties have confirmed cases of enterovirus, health officials said Thursday.

New Hampshire health officials announced five new cases of Enterovirus D68 on Wednesday, bringing the number of children sickened in the state to seven.

A New Jersey preschooler who died more than a week ago had enterovirus D68, the United States Center for Disease Control confirmed Friday night.