Practicing good hand hygiene is essential to staying healthy, because the virus is highly contagious and can live on common ...

Norovirus, often referred to as the winter stomach bug or stomach flu, spreads easily through contaminated food, surfaces, ...

Norovirus gastroenteritis can cause severe symptoms ... or by touching infected surfaces. The virus is extremely contagious and can spread rapidly in closed places such as day care centers ...

It’s hard to tell the difference between the stomach flu and food poisoning—but medical experts say there are a few clues ...

It causes inflammation of the stomach or intestines (called acute gastroenteritis). Anyone can contract the virus as it is highly contagious. Even though it is commonly called other names like the ...

coli, parasites or even certain medications. To put it in simpler terms: Norovirus isn’t the stomach flu itself. It’s a virus that often leads to symptoms people tend to refer to as the ...

Most of the time, gastroenteritis is caused by a virus, especially norovirus for adults and rotavirus in children. The Government of Quebec noted these viruses typically circulate in the fall and ...

The number of people in hospital in England with norovirus is continuing to climb and has hit another new high for this ...

There were 91 suspected or confirmed norovirus outbreaks reported in the United States in the first week of December, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), exceeding the ...

The number of people in hospital in England with norovirus symptoms has jumped to the highest level so far this winter, NHS ...