Nantucket Grill in Chapel Hill linked to norovirus outbreak that sickened dozens
Health officials say that at least 41 people were sickened by the gastrointestinal virus after eating at the Nantucket Grill or attending an event catered by the Chapel Hill restaurant, according to ABC affiliate WTVD More...
Nestle to open more than 20 new labs to study food-borne pathogens
Switzerland-based, Nestle SA, announced Thursday the opening of more than 20 advanced research laboratories to study food-borne pathogens that are harmful to human health, according to a press release May 30. Norovirus More...
What is African sleeping sickness?
Often a fatal disease with 15,000-20,000 cases reported annually, more than 60 million people are at risk for African sleeping sickness, or African trypanosomiasis, in more than 30 African countries. One of More...
Suspected norovirus outbreak on Crystal Cruises ‘Crystal Symphony’ sickens nearly 150
Luxury cruise line, Crystal Cruises’ latest voyage on the “Crystal Symphony” was struck with an outbreak of a gastrointestinal illness of unknown etiology as it embarked in Los Angeles on Monday. Norovirus More...
What is Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis?
The story of three Australian women who developed complications from lymphocytic choriomeningitis, which they contracted after receiving organs from one donor and shortly died thereafter was published in a Sydney More...
What is Valley fever? What is Coccidioidomycosis?
Valley fever, or coccidioidomycosis is a fungal infection that is endemic in the southwestern US (Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah), plus arid areas Mexico, Central and South America. People are More...
What is Giardiasis? What is Giardia intestinalis (lamblia)?
Giardia intestinalis (lamblia) is the most common intestinal parasite found in humans in the United States. Giardia is a protozoan parasite that lives in the intestine of infected humans and animals (in particular, More...
‘Dancing with the Runs’: Norovirus outbreak hits Saskatchewan dance competition
An outbreak of the gastrointestinal virus, norovirus, hit a dance competition at the TCU Place in Saskatoon, sickening hundreds of competitors, according to a CTV News report Friday. Norovirus Image/CDC Officials More...
What is smallpox and how does the clinical presentation differ from chickenpox?
Smallpox is one of the most devastating diseases in the history of mankind. Believed to originate more than three millennia in India or Egypt, epidemics caused by smallpox have decimated populations across continents. This More...
Montana reports double the number of norovirus outbreaks so far this year
The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) says the number of outbreaks reported so far in 2013 is double the typical year, according to a DPHHS news release yesterday. Since the beginning More...
What is anthrax?
It has been around since to dawn of civilization. Many believe that the 5th plague in the Book of Genesis was caused by anthrax. It’s been recorded in the literature of many other ancient civilizations. First More...
What is Baylisascaris procyonis?
Baylisascaris procyonis is a roundworm found in the small intestines of raccoons. They excrete the eggs of this parasite in their feces. The eggs can survive in the environment for years under favorable conditions. More...
What is schistosomiasis?
Schistosomiasis, also referred to as Bilharzia and Katayama fever, is an infection with a type of Schistosoma parasite. The schistosomes or blood flukes are parasites that have been around since antiquity. It was More...
Hepatitis A outbreak in northern Europe likely due to contaminated frozen berries: ECDC
A multicountry hepatitis A outbreak that has affected dozens in the Nordic countries of northern Europe is likely due to frozen berries, according to a European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC) More...
What is dengue fever?
Dengue fever is an infectious disease carried by mosquitoes and caused by any of four related dengue viruses. This disease used to be called “break-bone fever” because it sometimes causes severe joint and muscle More...
Norovirus tops rotavirus as leading cause of acute gastroenteritis in American children
The “stomach flu”, norovirus was responsible for nearly 1 million pediatric medical care visits for 2009 and 2010 in the United States, making it the leading cause of acute gastroenteritis in US More...
Cunard cruise lines, Queen Elizabeth, is the third norovirus outbreak in March
At least 84 passengers were stricken with norovirus during a 36 day cruise to the South Pacific on Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth, according to a KTLA.com report Tuesday. Norovirus Image/CDC Cunard, the cruise ship More...
Norovirus sickens scores on Royal Caribbean’s ‘Vision of the Seas’
An outbreak of the nasty, gastrointestinal disease has struck passengers and crew of Royal Caribbean’s ‘Vision of the Seas’ upon returning to Port Everglades today, according to a WPTV.com report More...
Vancouver area restaurant, Billygan’s Roadhouse, closed due to possible norovirus
Clark County health officials closed a Salmon Creek restaurant Friday after nearly two dozen patron fell ill after eating there, according to a koinlocal6.com report Friday. Image/kgw.com video screen shot Clark More...
New Jersey reports an increase in norovirus outbreaks, Princeton University experiences another outbreak
With norovirus outbreaks sweeping across the United States, New Jersey is also being hit hard by the gastrointestinal virus this season, according to a New Jersey Department of Health news release today. Norovirus More...
