The highly contagious norovirus – popularly known as "stomach flu" or the "winter vomiting bug" – is now surging through the U.S. The number of outbreaks is up significantly over previous years, ...

“Norovirus can mutate easily, similar to other viruses like influenza and Covid,” says Lucy Thorne, a lecturer in molecular ...

It’s not always easy to distinguish norovirus from food poisoning. The two share many of the same symptoms, and when cases of ...

Outbreaks of norovirus, which causes acute gastroenteritis, leading people to get sick with nausea, vomiting or diarrhea, are being reported as above the range in the U.S. compared to previous years, ...

Norovirus, the infamous "winter vomiting disease," is surging again across the United States. Norovirus is a highly contagious stomach bug that causes sudden, often violent bouts of diarrhea and ...

If you haven't been bitten by the stomach bug, maybe your family members or coworkers have. Doctors say stomach bugs, like ...

A ward is shut and cleaning regimes are stepped up to clamp down on the winter vomiting bug.

CASES of one of the most common winter bugs have risen dramatically in the last week, according to the HSE. There were 86 cases of norovirus, also known as the winter vomiting bug, in the week ...

William Schaffner receives funding from the CDC-sponsored Emerging Infections Program Collaborative Agreement. William Schaffner, a professor of preventive medicine and infectious diseases at the ...

The highly contagious norovirus – popularly known as “stomach flu” or the “winter vomiting bug” – is now surging through the U.S.. The number of outbreaks is up significantly over previous years, ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) William Schaffner, a professor of preventive medicine and infectious diseases at the ...