More than 200 passengers on two cruise ships headed to South Florida have been stricken with a gastrointestinal illness.
By Tina Terry The Mecklenburg County Health Department released numbers Friday showing how rapidly the norovirus is spreading through nursing homes. So far this year, between 150 and 200 cases have been reported. About 30 of those are staff members at
It's only February, and 2012 is already shaping up to be a bad year for Carnival cruise ships: the Costa Concordia disaster, random passenger death, and now an outbreak of norovirus on two Princess Cruise Lines ships in
County and state health departments also are sending out information to restaurants and others on the norovirus and tips on how to avoid it. The action stems from an apparent outbreak of the virus at Harbor Inn Seafood restaurant in Conover in
I felt very nauseous, and then I started to throw up, and then I had diarrhea," says norovirus patient "Rusty Heart" Bronislawa. The 82-year-old former nurse says she first got sick Wednesday, and after fighting it for a few days at home,
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