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FDA warns consumers not to eat certain Korean ASSI Brand frozen oysters

Posted on November 04, 2011
Oysters linked to norovirus cases in Washington state • The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to eat certain ASSI Brand frozen oysters from Korea following an outbreak of illness in Washington state caused by norovirus. • The frozen oyster meat (shucked; not in shell), is packed in 3-lb bags ...

Norovirus Linked to Minnesota High School

Posted on October 23, 2011
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) says Norovirus is to blame for an outbreak that sickened dozens of students at Farmington High School in early October. A post on the Farmington Public Schools website says the diagnosis was made after interviews with students revealed strong evidence that the illness was being spread person-to-person...

Park City Hit with Norovirus

Posted on October 09, 2011
The Utah Department of Health says dozens of people attending business conferences in Park City were confirmed to have contracted Norovirus, a sickness that causes flu-like symptoms. Officials say people attending two separate business conferences came down with the sickness...

Montana Norovirus Nonsense

Posted on October 01, 2011
Several outbreaks of Norovirus have been reported across the state according to the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services. The department reports Norovirus is the most common of the viruses that cause gastroenteritis. Symptoms include diarrhea, vomiting, nausea and stomach pain...

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Dr. Lee-Ann Jaykus Scores $25 Million Norovirus Grant

Posted on August 12, 2011
North Carolina State University will use a $25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture to strengthen food safety by studying human noroviruses across the food supply chain in an effort to design effective control measures and reduce the number of virus-caused food-borne illnesses...

Oregon Resort Linked to Norovirus Illnesses

Posted on July 22, 2011
The Oregon State Public Health Laboratory says recent fecal samples from some of the nearly 100 people who reported getting ill after visiting Elk Lake Resort in recent weeks have tested positive for Norovirus, officials said Thursday. Although the drinking water at Elk Lake Resort tested positive for Coliform bacteria, it is now conclusive that E...

Norovirus Hits Sea Princess

Posted on July 01, 2011
For the fourth time since mid-May, the Se Princess's passengers have been sickened by norovirus, a gastrointestinal infection that causes diarrhea, vomiting and stomach pain. At the end of a 10-day sailing, the ship returned to San Francisco June 29 with 53 of its 2,196 passengers affected by the stomach bug, according to USA Today...

Sea Princess hit with Norovirus

Posted on June 14, 2011
A recent norovirus outbreak onboard the Alaska cruise ship Sea Princess sickened more than a hundred passengers. Princess Cruises says a total of 142 people became ill during the ship's May 30th-to-June 9th cruise, which visited Juneau, Skagway, Glacier Bay and Ketchikan...

The Sequoias in Portola Valley Hit with Norovirus

Posted on May 18, 2011
Diana Samuels reports that an outbreak of norovirus has sickened more than two-dozen people at The Sequoias in Portola Valley, an official at the retirement community said Tuesday. Officials have closed the retirement community's dining room and canceled social activities, said Rick Isaacs, The Sequoias' skilled nursing administrator...

Michigan Warns of Norovirus

Posted on May 11, 2011
The Kalamazoo County health department has issued an advisory about a "sharp increase in the number of people ill with norovirus" in the past week. "We don't have any numbers" because norovirus cases don't have to be reported to the health department, said Linda Buzas, Kalamazoo County health director...

Norovirus Bounces 21 NBA Players Per CDC

Posted on April 23, 2011
U.S. health officials say last fall's outbreak of a stomach virus that swept through pro basketball teams sickened 21 players on 13 teams. They were infected with the norovirus, highly contagious and known for spreading on cruise ships. The federal researchers didn't name the teams...

Hawaiian Restaurant Linked to Norovirus Outbreak

Posted on April 17, 2011
The Hawaii Department of Health said a Hale­iwa restaurant linked to 42 cases of suspected norovirus in an outbreak on the North Shore has been scrubbed and is safe, but other eating establishments and food sources are still being investigated. State Epidemiologist Sarah Park said the owners of Cholo's Homestyle Mexican II voluntarily shut down the restaurant Tuesday afternoon to do a thorough cleaning and reopened Wednesday...

Kally K's Steakery & Fishery Norovirus Outbreak

Posted on March 31, 2011
The Health Department confirmed that more than 100 people who became sick after dining at or who were in contact with someone who dined at Kally K's Steakery & Fishery, 3383 Commercial Way, in Spring Hill between March 6 and 11 were stricken by a norovirus...

Ohio State Looks for Norovirus Vaccine

Posted on March 17, 2011
Scientists at Ohio State University are working on a new method of vaccine delivery to combat human norovirus, a virus that causes highly contagious vomiting and diarrhea. Using a viral vector approach, with the vesicular stomach virus, researchers injected mice with the vaccine and saw a considerable antibody response, which was 25 times higher than the response from a traditional vaccine...

Norovirus Vaccine Near?

Posted on March 16, 2011
According to Science Daily, Scientists have shown that an experimental vaccine against the human norovirus -- the bug behind about 90 percent of highly contagious nonbacterial illnesses that cause diarrhea and vomiting -- can generate a strong immune response in mice without appearing to cause the animals any harm...

About Norovirus and Norovirus Attorneys and Lawyers

Posted on March 14, 2011
See www.about-norovirus.com

Seattle Yacht Club Hit with Norovirus

Posted on March 10, 2011
The Seattle Yacht Club is closed until March 15 after an outbreak of the Norovirus has made about 150 guests and employees ill since March 1. Club General Manager Steve Hall said the club voluntarily closed in order to sanitize its facilities. Hall said the first sign of an outbreak was on March 1 and the club contacted Seattle & King County Public Health for guidance on how to manage the situation...

CDC - Updated Norovirus Outbreak Management and Disease Prevention Guidelines

Posted on March 04, 2011
The CDC has updated its suggestions on the management and prevention of Norovirus outbreaks.  I downloaded it and plan on reading it on the plane from Istanbul to Seattle.  Here is the CDC Summary: Noroviruses are the most common cause of epidemic gastroenteritis, responsible for at least 50% of all gastroenteritis outbreaks worldwide, and a major cause of foodborne illness...

FDA Approves New Norovirus Test

Posted on February 24, 2011
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced approval of what it calls the first test for preliminary identification of norovirus, intended for use in outbreaks in which there is a likely transmission pathway. The test, called the Ridascreen Norovirus 3rd Generation EIA assay, "is for use when a number of people have simultaneously contracted gastroenteritis and there is a clear avenue for virus transmission, such as a shared location or food," the FDA said in a news release yesterday...

South Dakota Norovirus

Posted on February 17, 2011
South Dakota is seeing a spike in norovirus, an illness that can begin suddenly with cramping, vomiting or diarrhea. State health officials are reminding residents to practice good personal hygiene to prevent the illness, sometimes called the stomach flu...

Norovirus Prevention Tips

Posted on February 17, 2011
Practice proper hand hygiene:Wash hands carefully with soap and water, especially after using the toilet and changing diapers and always before eating or preparing food. Take care in the kitchen: Wash fruits and vegetables, and cook oysters and other shellfish thoroughly before eating...

200 School Kids Sick with Norovirus in Ohio

Posted on February 12, 2011
The Cincinnati Health Department confirmed students at Mt. Airy Elementary School began complaining of vomiting, diarrhea and cramps -- symptoms associated with the norovirus -- in mid-January. Since then, between 150 and 200 cases have been reported...

How is norovirus transmitted?

Posted on February 06, 2011
Noroviruses are transmitted primarily through the fecal-oral route, and fewer than 100 norovirus particles are said to be needed to cause infection (MMWR, 2001, June 1). Transmission occurs either person-to-person or through contamination of food or water...

Milford High School Hit by Norovirus

Posted on January 06, 2011
A stomach bug virus outbreak at Foran High School in Milford is causing big concern because about 150 students have called in sick in the last two days. The bug is A highly contagious virus with symptoms similar to the Norovirus. It is spreading quickly and right now Foran High school is feeling it...

Food Workers Warned of Norovirus Risks

Posted on December 29, 2010
The Rhode Island Department of Health has issued an advisory about norovirus cases.  So far, in 2010, there have been 17 reported outbreaks of the norovirus in Rhode Island.  However, as is customary in the winter months, there has been an uptick in cases since November...

Posted on December 29, 2010

Norovirus rises and falls

Posted on December 09, 2010
Norovirus cases reportedly on the rise‎ Along with the cold and flu, another virus is making the rounds in Genesee County and other parts of the state. Health officials report cases of the norovirus are on the rise. Around this time every year the norovirus begins to spread...

Norovirus - What is it?

Posted on December 04, 2010

Norovirus on the News - a lot

Posted on November 24, 2010
Norovirus caused dozens to be sick after Lee County schools fundraiser The Lee County Health Department has concluded that a Norovirus caused dozens of people to fall ill earlier this month at a Lee County Public Schools fundraiser. But it will likely be up to a week before the department concludes how it was spread, aid Robert South, department epidemiologist...

Wisconson offers Norovirus tips

Posted on November 22, 2010
An increase in reports of vomiting and diarrhea in Dane County, mostly among children, is leading health officials to issue familiar advice: Wash your hands well after using the bathroom, especially before, during and after Thanksgiving cooking and gatherings...

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