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A common stomach bug is surging, according to new data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the week of December 5, there were 91 outbreaks of norovirus reported, up from 69 ...
Cases of norovirus, a.k.a. the stomach bug, are surging in the U.S. right now. There is no specific medication to treat norovirus. Doctors share tips for feeling better, sooner. The U.S. is seeing ...
The 2023-2024 norovirus season is well underway in the United States. Cases of the highly contagious stomach bug, which causes diarrhea and vomiting, are climbing steadily across the country.
[2] [4] In children, rotavirus is the most common cause of severe disease. [10] In adults, norovirus and Campylobacter are common causes. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Eating improperly prepared food, drinking contaminated water or close contact with a person who is infected can spread the disease . [ 2 ]
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The viral particles can be detected in fecal matter within 2 days and peak virus shedding occurs 4–5 days after infection. [30] The virus can be found in the kidney, jejunum, spleen, liver and bursa of infected birds. Symptoms of this disease include diarrhea and weight loss. Necropsies show swollen and discolored kidneys and there is ...
Norovirus is expected rise across the U.S. through the end of 2023 and early 2024 because it has a wintertime seasonality in the U.S., Kate Grusich, CDC spokesperson, tells TODAY.com.
In the early hours of April 8, 2008, Jamie Fraley (born March 5, 1986 [1]), of Gastonia, North Carolina, United States, told a friend over the phone that she was going to the hospital for the third time in the last 24 hours due to a stomach flu. When asked who was taking her there, Fraley said it was another friend and declined to further ...