New report on two-year-old Norovirus outbreak.
According to Eurosurveillance, from September through October 2012, the largest recorded foodborne outbreak in Germany occurred.
Norovirus was identified as the causative agent.
Overall, there were nearly 11,000 cases of gastroenteritis.
The outbreaks occurred predominantly at schools and childcare facilities and were supplied almost exclusively by one large
A new strain of the Norovirus stomach bug was responsible for sickening nearly 700 people on a luxury cruise ship, it has been revealed.
Now, scientists have discovered a new Sydney strain of Norovirus was to blame for the outbreak. The Sydney strain, which emerged within about the last two years, is not considered unusually
1. Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, Explorer of the Seas
Current number sick (including both passengers and crew members): 626
The ship is currently on its way to dock in New Jersey. CDC members are on board to monitor the cases and advise the cruise line on its response. The CEO of Royal Caribbean Cruises
Norovirus is a virus that is encased in a protein shell. It can live outside the human body for weeks and possibly months, and it is resistant to hand sanitizer and soap.
It takes only a small number of Norovirus viral particles to make you sick – as few as 10 Norovirus particles can make
The Guardian reports that Heston Blumenthal has temporarily closed his London restaurant Dinner after a suspected outbreak of the same winter vomiting virus that was linked to contamination at another of his restaurants five years ago.
The chef said he was erring on “the side of extreme caution” by shutting the establishment in the Mandarin
Well, perhaps not the Titanic, but to many ill they likely wished for death.
Norovirus is a nasty bug.
CNN reports that hundreds of people aboard two cruise ships in the Caribbean fell ill due to norovirus, the latest instances in which the stomach bug has thwarted vacationers at sea.
The Centers for Disease Control
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.’s ship Explorer of the Seas is returning two days early to its New Jersey port after a stomach illness struck more than 600 people out of about 4,200 onboard, NBC News reported late Sunday. The 564 passengers and 47 crew members on the 10-day cruise to the U.S. Virgin Islands reported
NBC News reports that U.S. health officials are expected to board a Royal Caribbean cruise ship in the Virgin Islands on Sunday to investigate a possible outbreak of highly contagious norovirus that has sickened more than 300 passengers and crew members.
The Explorer of the Seas ship stopped part way through a 10-day cruise from
Bread maker Hofuku, which has admitted one of its products is probably responsible for causing more than 1,000 children in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, to suffer food poisoning, has started recalling its products from retailers, including supermarkets in Yamanashi, Shizuoka, Aichi and Okayama prefectures.
According to the Hamamatsu Municipal Government, the bread the local company produced
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to eat raw or partially cooked oysters harvested from Copano Bay, in Aransas County, Texas, harvested between Dec. 26, 2013 and Jan. 9, 2014.
Oysters harvested from Copano Bay, Texas, on Dec. 26, 2013, and then shipped by Alby’s Seafood of Fulton, Texas, have been