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  • 3/26/2025
A newborn baby boy has died from enterovirus — know commonly as hand, foot and mouth — in northeast Taiwan. The death is Taiwan’s second from the virus this year. Researchers at National Taiwan University warn most pregnant women lack antibodies against the virus, putting newborns at higher risk.

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00:00A baby has died from a hand, foot and mouth infection in northeast Taiwan.
00:04The boy was less than a month old when he was infected with a strain of enterovirus.
00:09He died in intensive care after being hospitalized with respiratory problems.
00:14The death is Taiwan's second from the virus this year.
00:17Scientists say most pregnant women lacked antibodies against the virus, putting newborns
00:22at higher risk.

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