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CDC: Cruise ship bug was newer norovirus strain
2014-02-07 01:39:41| Biotech - Topix.net
A new strain of stomach bug was the virus responsible for almost 700 recent illnesses on a Caribbean cruise ship.
Passengers doubtful that fog, not norovirus, cut cruise short
2014-02-01 10:52:08| Biotech - Topix.net
Princess Cruises' Caribbean Princess, seen here, cut its seven-day trip short after at least 165 passengers and 11 crew members reported being ill, the cruise company said Friday, January 31. Between the tragic and rare grounding of the Costa Concordia in 2012 and periodic widespread illness aboard ships, a number of unfortunate events can affect ... (more)
CDC: Norovirus caused cruise ship outbreak
2014-01-31 22:28:29| Biotech - Topix.net
The Explorer of the Seas cruise ship is docked at a berth after arriving, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, in Bayonne, N.J. The number of passengers and crew reported stricken ill on the cruise ship has risen to nearly 700.
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Health department swamped with calls tied to Tough Mudder, possible Norovirus outbreak
2013-07-06 02:30:24| Biotech - Topix.net
The numbers of those sickened at last weekend's Tough Mudder contest at Michigan International Speedway continue to climb -- filling up the voice mail box at the Lenawee County health department and sending staff scrambling to set up a hot line for anyone who attended the event.
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K-State Researchers Working To Combat Norovirus
2013-03-25 19:19:58| Biotech - Topix.net
A Kansas State University-led team is researching ways to stop the spread of norovirus, a contagious stomach illness that infects one in 15 Americans each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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