In recent months, several cruise ships have experienced significant outbreaks of the norovirus. This highly infectious and ...

According to AAA, 19 million Americans are predicted to go on ocean cruises this year, and likely thousands of them will be ...

The CDC records an outbreak when at least three percent of passengers and crew show symptoms, its vessel sanitation program ...

In 13 of those, norovirus was listed as the causative agent. The others were caused by E. coli, salmonella, or listed as unknown. The previous year, norovirus caused 13 of 14 outbreaks.

Annually, norovirus causes 19 to 21 million cases of vomiting and diarrhea in the U.S., 465,000 emergency room visits, 109,000 hospitalizations, and 900 deaths, per the CDC. Last winter, cases and ...

Norovirus, sometimes called the “winter vomiting disease” or “two-bucket disease” — because it causes both vomiting and diarrhea — is on the rise across the nation, even as seasonal ...

Norovirus cases have been surging this winter, with outbreaks of the infamous stomach bug reaching more than double the number of infections at last year’s peak. Because the virus is so ...

As the norovirus cases continue to spread in the U.S., you can't rely on hand sanitizer alone to protect you, experts warn. Norovirus causes gastrointestinal symptoms like nausea, vomiting ...

CDC Reports Rise in Norovirus Cases. The CDC has reported 91 outbreaks during the week of December 5, up from an average of 65 during the same period from 2012 to 2020.

Elderly Residential Services are currently managing an outbreak of norovirus, believed to have originated from a visitor ...

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