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In recent months, several cruise ships have experienced significant outbreaks of the norovirus. This highly infectious and ...

CDC Reports Rise in Norovirus Cases. The CDC has reported 91 outbreaks during the week of December 5, up from an average of 65 during the same period from 2012 to 2020.

Norovirus cases have risen in recent months, ... the CDC recommends washing vegetables and fruits carefully and cooking oysters and other shellfish to a minimum internal temperature of 145 degrees.

Norovirus is the leading cause of foodborne illness in the United States, responsible for 58% of such infections acquired in the country each year, according to the CDC.

During the week of Dec. 5, the CDC reported 91 cases of norovirus, more commonly known as the stomach flu, which is over double the highest number recorded between 2021 and 2024.

A CDC spokesperson said the agency is monitoring norovirus outbreaks through its CaliciNet laboratory database and pointed to a surge of GII.17 strains in Asia and Europe in 2014 that was followed ...

During the week of Dec. 5, the CDC reported 91 cases of norovirus, more commonly known as the stomach flu, which is over double the highest number recorded between 2021 and 2024.

Anyone can get infected and sick with norovirus,” the CDC explains. According to the most recent CDC data, more than 12% of tests for the virus came back positive in the week ending on Feb. 17.

There were 10 gastrointestinal outbreaks in 2019, and 11 each in 2018 and 2017, according to CDC records. Norovirus was also the cause in many of those cases.

Norovirus, often coined the "cruise ship virus," causes more than 90% of diarrheal disease outbreaks on cruise ships, according to the CDC. Still, norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships account for ...

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