Norovirus

• More than 240 passengers and crew members aboard two cruise ships returning to Port Everglades this weekend have been stricken with Norovirus. A highly contagious gastrointestinal illness, Norovirus causes upset stomach, vomiting and diarrhea.
(Palm Beach Post)
• MIAMI (AP) - A stomach virus has stricken more than 100 people on a Princess Cruise Lines ship sailing from South Florida.
(msnbc.com)
• A recent study published in the American Journal of Infection Control has concluded that norovirus is emerging as an increasingly common hospital-associated organism which causes outbreaks in nonacute settings and may lead to unit/department closures.
(Examiner)
• An outbreak of norovirus sickened a dozen people earlier this month at Lytton Gardens in downtown Palo Alto, according to a county spokeswoman. The outbreak, which spanned from Jan.
(San Jose Mercury News)
• Having the stomach flu is far from fun. It was very, very sudden. I felt very nauseous, and then I started to throw up, and then I had diarrhea, says norovirus patient Rusty Heart Bronislawa.
(WCAX)
• A norovirus struck passengers on two cruise ships headed for South Florida. According to company officials, the uncomfortable gastrointestinal virus hit over 200 people on the Ruby Princess and Crown Princess.
(HULIQ.com)
• WATERLOO, Iowa --- Reports of norovirus outbreaks have increased in recent weeks, according to health officials. The quick-spreading bug can induce diarrhea, vomiting, nausea and stomach cramps. Dr.
(Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier)
• More than 200 passengers on two cruise ships headed to South Florida have been stricken with a gastrointestinal illness.
(Tampa Bay Online)
• Local hospitals Thursday said there was an uptick this week in cases of a stomach bug called norovirus, a highly contagious illness that causes diarrhea, vomiting and stomach pain.
(MetroWest Daily News)
• Norovirus is circulating in Muskegon County, and public health officials are urging restaurant workers who are showing signs of the illness to stay home. "It can spread like rapid fire," said Ken Kraus, director of Public Health-Muskegon County.
(MLive.com)