News of this week
Half the Chatfield High School football team was sickened by the Norovirus, the Jefferson County Department of Health and Environment said Friday. Health officials in Hawaii say lab tests have confirmed it was a highly contagious norovirus that sickened more than 200 passengers aboard a cruise ship. The Norwegian Cruise Lines’ Pride of Hawaii returned […]
Tweede dode in Harens verzorgingstehuis
HAREN – In verzorgingstehuis De Zonnehof in het Groningse Haren is in de nacht van maandag op dinsdag een tweede bewoner overleden aan de gevolgen van een buikgriepvirus. Dat heeft een woordvoerder van de Hulpverleningsdienst dinsdag bekendgemaakt. Zondag werd het virus ook al een bewoner noodlottig.
S-Korea Environment Ministry continues to ignore Norovirus
Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Sunday that as of May 10 there have been 111 cases of mass diarrhea so far this year, affecting 2,996 people. That is a figure eight times higher than the same period last year. This is major cause for concern because the summer season is ahead, when […]
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 […]
