by admin | Apr 17, 2023 | Outbreaks
Originally Published by CleanLink Norovirus is the leading cause of vomiting and diarrhea — and after a fallow period during the pandemic, it’s back and impacting the U.S. this winter. There are normally around 2,500 reported norovirus outbreaks in the U.S. each year,...
by admin | Apr 10, 2023 | Outbreaks
Originally Published by WPSD Local 6 If you have children in grade school, you know firsthand that germs are everywhere. Currently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is tracking a spike in strep throat cases nationwide. In the past five years, the CDC...
by admin | Apr 3, 2023 | Outbreaks
Originally Published by News9 U.S. cases of a dangerous fungus tripled over just three years, and more than half of states have now reported it, according to a new study. The COVID-19 pandemic likely drove part of the increase, researchers at the Centers for Disease...
by admin | Mar 6, 2023 | Outbreaks
Originally Published by Click On Detroit A person in southwest Florida has died after being infected with an extremely rare brain-eating amoeba, health officials said. The Florida Department of Health in Charlotte County confirmed the death Thursday. The agency had...
by admin | Feb 20, 2023 | Outbreaks
Originally Published by The New York Post Stomach bugs are in bloom in the US. Also known as the stomach flu (though unrelated to influenza), the highly contagious gastrointestinal illness is typically caused by norovirus infection, prompting days of vomiting,...
by admin | Feb 13, 2023 | Outbreaks
Originally Published by ABC News Cases of norovirus are spreading across the United States and are higher than usual at this point in this season, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As of Feb. 9, more than 15% of weekly tests for...
