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UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics is seeing hand, foot, and mouth, viral sore throats and an occasional case of COVID.

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Respiratory illness season is over, but new risks are emerging in Central Texas. Here’s what to watch as summer approaches.

Public health teams across the state ramped up efforts to target STIs after a sharp increase between 2020 and 2021.