New norovirus vaccine pill could protect against all strains of horror vomiting bug after cases reach record high
WHILE norovirus still circulates at high levels, a new pill designed to protect against the winter vomiting bug has been undergoing trials. Just two weeks ago there was a record number of patients ...
Norovirus in Berries Has FDA Adjusting Food Safety Protocol
Berries linked to norovirus and hepatitis A led the FDA to adjust food safety protocols. Here, experts explain how to safely ...
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Ebola ruled out in New York urgent care hazmat scare - may be norovirus instead
The patients were transported from a City MD on East 125th Street and Lexington Avenue by first responders wearing hazmat suits, law enforcement sources said but officials later said it was likely ...
Newsday1mon
Weekly infectious disease report launched by NYS health department
A review of the report's first two weeks shows ongoing norovirus, measles, avian influenza ("bird flu"), and ebola outbreaks across the globe. New York State's outbreak report will help fill a ...
Orlando Sentinel9d
Norovirus alert: The horrendous stomach bug is hitting South Florida hard. Do you know how to protect yourself?
Experts say the surge of cases is being driven by a new dominant strain of norovirus called GII.17[P17], which has displaced a strain that had been around for decades. Lower population immunity to ...
Southeast Missourian27d
It's flu season, but in Cape area norovirus may be bigger culprit for school closings
But it appears that norovirus may be the bigger culprit ... Flu symptoms are being reported at the highest level in 15 years in New York, according to multiple media outlets in that state.
Norovirus sickens nearly 80 passengers on cruise ship that left from Florida
It's the second Holland America Line ship to have dozens of passengers fall ill this month, according to the CDC.
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Scientists discover new strategy to fight back against norovirus
Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin, in collaboration with researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the National Institutes of Health, have discovered a ...
New Scientist9d
Norovirus vaccine pill shows promise against 'winter vomiting' bug
1 norovirus variant into the intestine ... [against infection],” says Sarah Caddy at Cornell University in New York. “In particular, the saliva antibody response is a way we can get a snapshot ...
The Press21d
Number of people in hospital with norovirus hits new winter high
The number of patients in hospital in England with the vomiting bug norovirus has reached a new winter high, figures show. Hospitals are continuing to “run at near capacity”, officials warned ...