There’s an alarming outbreak causing concern among health officials in New Jersey, as norovirus has been spreading rapidly — and doctors say it is highly contagious.
SCHAFFNER: Norovirus is an intestinal virus. It's very, very highly contagious, and it can make you awfully sick for two or three days with vomiting and diarrhea. But then you get over it. The danger ...
Norovirus, a highly contagious virus causing vomiting and diarrhoea, is surging in parts of the United States this winter. Known as the "stomach flu" (though unrelated to the influenza virus), ...
It takes less than 100 norovirus particles to make someone sick, and infected people can shed billions of viral particles in their vomit and poop, according to the CDC. As a result, “norovirus is ...
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