Norovirus outbreaks at events like the Olympics are more than logistical setbacks. They reveal how the virus’s biology and the realities of mass gatherings make containment difficult.
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Poorly maintained AC units can harbour numerous infectious microbes.
It would be handy to be able to be get a shot to protect against this nasty gastro bug. For the most vulnerable, it can be deadly.
You can get norovirus any time of the year, but it spreads most during the winter.
Alongside COVID and the flu, cases of norovirus and RSV are already surging this year.
Proper hygiene, vaccinations and healthy habits can all reduce the spread of diseases in school.
A food thermometer is your holiday feast’s unsung hero, ensuring that poultry, meats and other dishes, including vegetable-based, reach the internal temperatures needed to eliminate harmful pathogens.
Norovirus, sometimes known as the “winter vomiting bug”, is common this time of year.
Air purifiers were meant to save us from COVID. A new systematic review wonders where the evidence for that is.
An expert in infection prevention and control explains.
If you get sick with norovirus it won’t be pleasant, but will usually pass in a couple of days.
Comparisons with flu are unhelpful – these diseases need to be treated differently.
Because low-income settlements are unplanned, crowded and without sanitation, there are many viral infections that cause health problems.
Emphasizing foreign origins of a disease can have racist connotations and implications for how people understand their own risk of disease.
The coronavirus, like many infectious diseases, can live and spread on inanimate objects in the world around us. An epidemiologist explains how and gives some advice on how to minimize the risk.
Norovirus, the winter vomiting bug, is highly infectious among people in confined places – like cruise ships. But not everyone is equally vulnerable. Your blood type may determine if you get sick.
A cruise can be a fantastic holiday. But it certainly won’t be if you end up confined to the bathroom with gastro.
Mounting reports of norovirus symptoms point to a summertime outbreak, which could mean big trouble for an already struggling NHS.
In the wake of a norovirus outbreak traced to raw oysters from British Columbia, our expert explains how to eat this culinary delicacy safely.
There’s a norovirus outbreak at the Winter Olympics. Here’s what that means – and why it’s so hard to stop.
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Research Associate in Virology/Immunology, Northeastern University
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Professor Emerita of Biology, Indiana University
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Lecturer in Public Health and Policy, University of Liverpool
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Associate Professor and Clinical Academic Gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University
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Senior lecturer, University of Surrey
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Professor of Food Safety, University of Guelph
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Principal Lecturer, Microbiology and Biomedical Science Practice, Fellow of the Institute of Biomedical Science, University of Brighton
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Professor of Medicine, University of East Anglia
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Professor Emerita, Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University
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Assistant Professor of History, University of Pittsburgh
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Senior Scientist, Enteric Viruses Laboratory, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory
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Professor of Veterinary Infectious Diseases, University of Liverpool and International Livestock Research Institute, Kenya, University of Liverpool
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Associate Professor, School of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo
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Professor and Chair of Epidemiology, University of Michigan
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Senior Lecturer, Medical Microbiology, University of Westminster