CDC to assess possible norovirus outbreak on Holland America Line’s MS Maasdam
In a follow-up to a story 10 days ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP) will be investigating a gastrointestinal outbreak on board Holland America Line’s MS More...
Suspected norovirus outbreak linked to Beltline Bar in Grand Rapids
A Grand Rapids, Michigan Tex-Mex restaurant is being investigated by Kent County health officials after more than a dozen patrons to the Beltline Bar called in describing symptoms of norovirus after eating there More...
Norovirus outbreak on Holland America’s MS Maasdam ? At least two passengers post on Facebook
Is there a norovirus outbreak happening as we speak aboard Holland America Line’s MS Maasdam? Nothing has been confirmed by the cruise line and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Vessel Sanitation More...
Norovirus may have been a factor in four deaths at Minneapolis Veterans Home
An outbreak of the gastrointestinal viral disease, norovirus, may have been a contributing factor to the deaths of four residents of the state veterans home in Minneapolis last weekend, according to a Minneapolis More...
Research team finds several ‘promising’ compounds for norovirus drug candidate
KSU NEWS RELEASE Researchers are getting close to developing medicine to treat the dreaded norovirus, often called the stomach bug. Kyeong-Ok Chang, associate professor of diagnostic medicine and pathobiology, is More...
Probable norovirus sickens dozens onboard Holland America’s cruise ship, ‘ms Veendam’
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP) is currently investigating a gastrointestinal outbreak of possible norovirus onboard the Holland America Cruise Line vessel, More...
Possible norovirus closes the doors of the Ames Public Library
A gastrointestinal illness, with symptoms resembling norovirus, has hit more than two dozen 25 employees with the Ames Public Library in Ames, Iowa, prompting the city to close the doors of the library until Friday More...
Texas: Norovirus outbreak prompts La Mesa restaurant to close
While Grayson County, Texas finally sees the slowing of a shigella outbreak that has affected 127 since last fall, another gastrointestinal disease has appeared at one Sherman restaurant prompting a voluntary closure, More...
Sydney 2012 norovirus strain confirmed as agent on ‘Explorer of the Seas’ outbreak
The strain of norovirus, known as GII.4 Sydney, has been confirmed by federal health officials as the etiological agent that sickened some 700 passengers and crew onboard Royal Caribbean’s “Explorer of the More...
Texas: Hundreds of Richardson HS students absent due to suspected norovirus
A gastrointestinal outbreak of possible norovirus at Richardson High School (RHS) in Richardson, Texas is the likely cause of hundreds of students absences over the past several days, according to a letter from More...
Norovirus confirmed as etiology of ‘Explorer of the Seas’ outbreak
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has now confirmed the etiological agent of the outbreak that caused gastrointestinal illness in nearly 700 passengers and crew onboard the Royal Caribbean vessel, More...
Royal Caribbean cruise line, ‘Explorer of the Seas’ docks in NJ after nearly 700 ill
Royal Caribbean’s “Explorer of the Seas” docked in Bayonne, New Jersey Wednesday afternoon, two days early from it’s original itinerary due to a “suspected” norovirus outbreak More...
Japan: Hundreds of schoolchildren sickened in Hiroshima, norovirus suspected
The Hiroshima City Board of Education reported that a total of 415 students from 10 junior high schools in the city exhibited gastroenteritis symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea, and were unable to attend to their More...
Royal Caribbean’s ‘Explorer of the Seas’: GI outbreak sickens 300 passengers and crew
Greater than 9 percent of the over 3,000 passengers aboard Royal Caribbean’s Explorer of the Seas have reported the gastrointestinal symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea, resembling norovirus, on their 10-day More...
Bakery workers linked to norovirus outbreak in Japanese schoolkids
In a follow-up to a report late last week where nearly 1,000 people, primarily schoolchildren, contracted the gastrointestinal infection norovirus, an investigation reveals the source of the outbreak was three More...
‘Possible’ norovirus strikes Royal Caribbean’s ‘Majesty of the Seas’, 68 passengers and crew sickened
More than five dozen passengers and crew on Royal Caribbean’s Majesty of the Seas have been sickened with a gastrointestinal illness, according to a CBS 12 News report Friday. The cruise ship docked in Miami More...
Japan: Norovirus sickens over 900 schoolkids in Hamamatsu
More than 900 schoolchildren and 41 teachers in 14 schools in the Japanese city of Hamamatsu have been sickened by the gastrointestinal bug, norovirus, causing them to miss school, according to a Voices of Russia More...
Norovirus sickens nearly 250 Taiwan tourists in South Korea
About 60 percent of the 412 Taiwanese tourists visiting South Korea have been sickened by the symptoms of the gastrointestinal bug, norovirus, according to the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in a Taipai More...
Kansas: Health officials investigate ‘suspected’ norovirus outbreak linked to Garden City Jimmy John’s
The Finney County Health Department, along with the Kansas Department of Agriculture (KDA) and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), are investigating a gastrointestinal outbreak that has sickened More...
Kamloops restaurant, Dorian Greek House, the source of norovirus outbreak that sickened dozens of hospital employees
Last week, dozens of staff illnesses were reported at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops after a Christmas lunch, that in the end sickened at least 36 operating room staff, causing 26 surgeries to be postponed More...