Here Are the Viruses to Worry About Right Now
As winter ends, several viruses are still continuing to rise across the U.S., according to data from WastewaterSCAN, a network of wastewater surveillance sites. Norovirus, one type of influenza, and another respiratory virus are all increasing or have recently peaked in samples from the network’s 190 wastewater treatment facilities, which are located in 41 states.
“What we’re seeing right now for the major viruses we are monitoring is that there are similar patterns across the country,” says Marlene Wolfe, assistant professor of environmental health at Emory University and one of WastewaterSCAN&...
Source: TIME: Health - March 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Trump Reverses on Medicare Cuts; Pill for Ebola? Chef Jailed for Serving Norovirus
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Former President Donald Trump walked back his earlier comments suggesting he would consider cuts to Social Security and Medicare, now vowing he "will never do anything... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - March 15, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
NHS Cornwall issues norovirus alert
The NHS said "very contagious" norovirus was "doing the rounds" in Cornwall and it wanted to prevent it spreading. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Stomach bug that causes violent diarrhea continues to slam the Northeastern US - with one in SIX tests coming back positive
The latest CDC data updated shows that 16 percent of norovirus tests in the northeast came back positive at the end of February - a three percent increase from a month earlier. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Norovirus Cases Are Rising. Here ’ s What to Know
Cases of norovirus, a nasty stomach bug that spreads easily, are climbing in the Northeastern U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday.
Nationwide, about 12% of most recent norovirus tests sent to the CDC were positive, but the proportion was about 16% in the Northeast, the agency said. That compares with nearly 10% of norovirus tests in the Midwest and South and nearly 13% in the West.
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Characterized by the sudden onset of vomiting, diarrhea, and general feelings of misery, norovirus outbreaks are notorious on cruise ships, nursing homes...
Source: TIME: Health - March 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: JoNel Aleccia/AP Tags: Uncategorized wire Source Type: news
Norovirus illnesses are up in some places. Here's what you need to know
Cases of norovirus, a highly contagious stomach bug, are climbing in the Northeastern U.S. Nationwide, about 12% of most recent norovirus tests sent to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were positive (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - February 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Alabama elementary school shuts amid mystery stomach bug outbreak that's forced 800 students and staff to stay at home
Fairhope West Elementary, Alabama, has closed for the rest of the week for a deep clean. Officials suspect the outbreak is being caused by norovirus, a common and highly infectious stomach bug. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Forget bedbugs: The Las Vegas Strip faces a deadly health crisis
Las Vegas remains very sensitive to bad press, especially when it comes to health-related issues. In many ways the situation is a lot like norovirus or flu on cruise ships. Though the cruise industry has invested hundreds of millions in health and safety protocols and outbreaks are incredibly…#lasvegas #beyondbiden #taylorswift #simpsons #googledlasvegasstrip #bedbugs #lasvegasstrip #caesarsentertainment #czr #strip (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
CDC: Norovirus Is Surging Across U.S., Highest In The Northeast
Norovirus isn ’t called the " Winter Vomiting Bug " for nothing. Its activity has been on the rise in February. Be aware of the symptoms of norovirus and what to do. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - February 24, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bruce Y. Lee, Senior Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation Science /science business pharma standard Source Type: news
Stomach bug that causes violent diarrhea is slamming the North East US - causing so much sick leave it's 'putting daily lives on hold'
Latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) showed cases of norovirus jumped 15 percent in the region over the two weeks to February 3. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
News at a glance: Weird early trees, CERN ’s next big collider, and protecting U.S. gray wolves
PALEONTOLOGY
Rare fossil reveals weird early tree
The earliest trees, from nearly 400 million years ago, are known mostly from fossils of their trunks; their leaves and canopy shapes have remained a mystery. A newly reported, 350-million-year-old tree found in Canada provides a vivid answer for one such primordial species: As if having a perpetual bad hair day,
a thick crown of spiky leaves stuck out perpendicularly from the trunk
. Scientists named the tree
Sanfordiacaulis densifolia
, after the owner of the New Brunswick quarry where they found five specimens. The fossils, amo...
Source: ScienceNOW - February 8, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
California officials warn people to not eat raw oysters from Mexico which may be linked to norovirus
Health officials are warning people in Southern California to avoid eating raw oysters imported from many parts of Mexico believed to be carrying the norovirus (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - January 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Seafood warning as norovirus outbreak hits California
California restaurants and consumers are being warned against purchasing and eating a certain type of seafood over concerns of a norovirus outbreak in the state. On Wednesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an advisory to restaurants, retailers and consumers in California…#fda #acuacultura #bajacalifornia #mexico #lagunamanuela #cdph #losangelescounty #sandiegocounty #northwestmexico #sonora (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Calm before the storm? Covid rates peaked over Christmas amid arrival of highly-contagious 'Juno' strain - but experts warn of post-New Year wave as flu and norovirus continue to bite
A peak of one in 22 people across the country were infected with the virus on December 21, according to the UK Health Security Agency. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Covid, flu and norovirus cases surge across the UK - as expert warns Brits sickened over Christmas and New Year may have succumbed to 'two or three infections' at the same time
Surveillance programmes that monitor the UK's outbreak suggest Covid and flu hospital admissions in England are running at their highest level so far this winter. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
