Norovirus found at hospital
A norovirus outbreak at Ridge Meadows Hospital has led Fraser Health Authority to cancel a number of elective surgeries and to close the medical and surgical wards to new admissions. The ER is still open. So far there are 23 patients and six staff members who had contracted the norovirus. Tags: fraser health authority, norovirus […]
FDA is Investigating Norovirus Outbreak Linked to Oysters
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is investigating an outbreak of norovirus-associated illness linked to eating raw oysters harvested from San Antonio Bay, Texas. FDA advises consumers to avoid eating raw oysters harvested from this area after Feb. 1, 2007, as a result of reports of illnesses in people who attended a Maryland event […]
Norovirus Outbreak Suspected at College
By The Associated Press – FLORHAM PARK, N.J. – Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Florham Park campus was recovering Monday from a suspected norovirus outbreak that has sickened at least 124 students, school officials said. Students began falling sick Thursday, university spokesman Art Petrosemolo said. Twenty students were treated at a hospital and released last week and […]
