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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Norovirus spread and symptoms Norovirus, also known as food poisoning or the stomach bug, is a highly contagious virus that causes inflammation of the stomach or intestines, per the CDC.

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 ...