The CDC says you can still spread norovirus symptoms two weeks after you feel better, and products like Lysol won’t cut it.
The virus, often colloquially referred to as “stomach flu,” saw the percentage of positive tests double during the first week of January compared to last year. Positive test percentages for cases of norovirus in the United States are double what they were at the same period a year ago,
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.
MedStar Health Urgent Care in our region is experiencing an uptick in norovirus across its 33 clinics, says its spokesperson. Norovirus is highly contagious, spreading easily from person to person on contaminated surfaces, in food and water, and can be airborne.
The U.S. is seeing a "quad-demic" as cases of COVID-19, flu, RSV and norovirus spread at the same time. Experts said this is what you need to know.
Ava Anklesaria, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine at CUIMC Running to the bathroom due to vomiting, diarrhea, or both is no one's idea of a good
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
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.
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.
Drivers of the increase in norovirus cases may include a new strain, but continued precautions, good hygiene, can help reduce risk.
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“Commonly known as the stomach flu, norovirus has been around forever, and has become the leading cause of gastroenteritis or inflammation of the intestinal tract that causes vomiting and diarrhea,” says Dr. Edmund Milder, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Rady Children’s Hospital and UC San Diego Health.