Doctors in the United States are warning everyone to look for dehydration as an important symptom of norovirus infection, which has seen a significant rise across the country this winter season. According to experts,
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New CDC data indicates a rise in cases of norovirus, often colloquially referred to as "stomach flu." Test positivity has spiked.
Rates of norovirus in that CDC system have reached levels at or above last season's peak in all regions of the country. Norovirus test positivity rates look to be the worst in the Midwest, in a grouping of states spanning Kansas through Michigan.
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It feels like everyone has a stomach bug. A new norovirus strain might be to blame, CDC data suggests"It is too early to tell if this strain is associated with more severe norovirus disease but likely lower population immunity is the reason for the early surge of an otherwise seasonal increase of this virus," Jan Vinjé, head of the CDC's CaliciNet system, told CBS News in an email.
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Norovirus outbreak in California wildfire shelterThe highly contagious outbreak of norovirus has sickened at least 28 people staying at a California wildfire evacuation shelter. Public health officials said the gastrointestinal illness has been detected among a group of people at the Pasadena Convention Center,
A norovious outbreak at a California shelter housing Los Angeles fire evacuees has left 28 sick. The virulent illness norovirus spreads easily in close quarters, causing diarrhea, vomiting and stomach
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What to know about 'quad-demic' of COVID, flu, RSV and norovirus in US
It’s sick season. Here’s how to protect yourself from norovirus, COVID-19, flu and RSV
In the winter months, it seems few are safe from some kind of illness — flu, COVID-19, norovirus, colds. While many of the germs that cause this misery can circulate throughout the year, scientists think that the winter surge of flu and cold activity may be because we spend more time indoors and
What to know about 'quad-demic' of COVID, flu, RSV and norovirus
You can also get norovirus by touching objects or surfaces that are contaminated and then putting your hands in your mouth without washing them first. Hand-washing with soap and water is key, as hand sanitizer will not do the trick in the case of norovirus, experts say.
No. Hand sanitizer is simply not as effective against norovirus as it at killing other pathogens due to the virus's firm shell, Dr. William Schaffner, professor of infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, told TODAY.com recently.
First came the fires. Then, there was ash and contaminated water. Now, some survivors of the Southern California wildfires are dealing with outbreaks of norovirus and other stomach ailments at a shelter set up to help evacuees.
There’s a virus rapidly circulating through much of the South, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data show – and there’s no treatment for it.
Norovirus, also called stomach flu and the “winter vomiting disease,” is making the rounds this year. Between August and December of 2024, there were 495 recorded norovirus outbreaks, a 36% increase from last year according to the Centers for Disease Control.
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