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The CDC reported 91 norovirus outbreaks the week of Dec. 5, 2024, up from 69 the previous week. ... 900 deaths, mostly among adults 65+ View this interactive chart on Fortune.com. What are the ...
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.
Here’s where flu, COVID, RSV, and norovirus are spreading. Lindsey Leake. Updated January 13, 2025 at 9:12 AM. ... 11 deaths reported in listeria outbreak linked with supplemental shakes. News.
Norovirus results in about 685 million cases of disease and 200,000 deaths globally a year. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] It is common both in the developed and developing world . [ 3 ] [ 9 ] Those under the age of five are most often affected, and in this group it results in about 50,000 deaths in the developing world. [ 6 ]
For a given epidemic or pandemic, the average of its estimated death toll range is used for ranking. If the death toll averages of two or more epidemics or pandemics are equal, then the smaller the range, the higher the rank. For the historical records of major changes in the world population, see world population. [3]
The CDC reported 91 norovirus outbreaks across the US for the first week of December, the latest data available. That was the most for that week since 2012 and the fourth-most of any week since 2012.
Human infectious diseases may be characterized by their case fatality rate (CFR), the proportion of people diagnosed with a disease who die from it (cf. mortality rate).It should not be confused with the infection fatality rate (IFR), the estimated proportion of people infected by a disease-causing agent, including asymptomatic and undiagnosed infections, who die from the disease.
There’s currently no approved vaccine for norovirus, although Moderna has begun a phase three trial in the U.S. for a vaccine using mRNA technology and aims to test it in 25,000 adults worldwide.