Norovirus

Posted: January 18th, 2012 - 3:45am by Doug Powell

Barf happens, and the newly converted are quick to cite lessons learned, but the challenge remains – how to get people to pay attention before the outbreak happens?

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Posted: January 17th, 2012 - 1:27pm by Doug Powell

 The most effective public health measures to protect consumers from exposure to norovirus in oysters are to produce oysters in areas which are not contaminated or to prevent contamination of mollusc production areas.

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Posted: January 16th, 2012 - 10:19pm

Student journalists sickened during the “Great Puking Debacle of Nash 74,” otherwise known as the Canadian University Press’s 74th National Conference (or “NASH”) in Victoria, B.C. remained under voluntary quarantine in their hotel rooms Monday because of a suspected outbreak of norovirus.

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Posted: January 16th, 2012 - 8:27pm

In what is now being dubbed the “Great Puking Debacle of Nash 74,” student journalists from across the country who attended Canadian University Press’s 74th National Conference (or “NASH”) in Victoria, B.C. were hit with a plague-like puking epidemic Saturday evening at the conference’s gala.

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15.jan.12
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Posted: January 16th, 2012 - 3:08pm by Doug Powell

Student journalists sickened during the “Great Puking Debacle of Nash 74,” otherwise known as the Canadian University Press’s 74th National Conference (or “NASH”) in Victoria, B.C.

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Posted: January 15th, 2012 - 10:30pm

The Blackford County Health Department got Subway to close this week after many people complained of flu-like symptoms that even hospitalized some. More than 90 people were affected, according to Linda Briles, the local environmental health officer.

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14.jan.12
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Posted: January 15th, 2012 - 10:28pm

A new paper in the Journal of Clinical Virology by Maija Summa, Carl-Henrik von Bonsdorff, and Leena Maunula investigates the role of pet dogs as sources of norovirus. Abstract below:

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14.jan.12
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Posted: January 15th, 2012 - 2:35pm by Doug Powell

In what is now being dubbed the “Great Puking Debacle of Nash 74,” student journalists from across the country who attended Canadian University Press’s 74th National Conference (or “NASH”) in Victoria, B.C. were hit with a plague-like puking epidemic Saturday evening at the conference’s gala.

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Posted: January 14th, 2012 - 11:48am by Doug Powell

A new paper in the Journal of Clinical Virology by Maija Summa, Carl-Henrik von Bonsdorff, and Leena Maunula investigates the role of pet dogs as sources of norovirus. Abstract below:

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Posted: January 14th, 2012 - 11:36am by Doug Powell

The Blackford County Health Department got Subway to close this week after many people complained of flu-like symptoms that even hospitalized some. More than 90 people were affected, according to Linda Briles, the local environmental health officer.

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