It's that time of year: highly contagious illnesses like the flu, COVID-19 and Norovirus are spreading in the Tampa Bay area just in time for Saturday's Gasparilla Pirate Fest.

Based on electron microscopic (EM) imagery, this illustration provides a three-dimensional (3D), graphical representation of a number of norovirus virions, set against a black background.

Her work has previously appeared in Billboard and Reader's Digest. Alamy An outbreak of norovirus — the virulent, highly contagious stomach illness — has been reported at one of the shelters ...

DEAR PEOPLE’S PHARMACY: Why don’t some medical professionals recognize norovirus more readily? My friend had vomiting with diarrhea, stomach cramps and fever. When she described her illness to ...

There has been a recent uptick in cases of norovirus in North Carolina (or “winter vomiting disease”), since it’s more common in the winter, Dr. David Weber, an infectious disease specialist ...

It’s the Sick Apple. Norovirus infections jumped a stomach-turning 159% last month compared to the same span last year in NYC, where flu cases are also up nearly 25% so far in 2025, city ...

MISSING IN THE FIRE ZONE. NOROVIRUS, ALSO KNOWN AS THE WINTER VOMITING BUG, IS SPREADING REALLY FAST RIGHT NOW. DOCTOR EMMA JOINS US WITH HIS ADVICE AND HOW TO PROTECT YOUR FAMILY FROM THE ...

Norovirus is most commonly known as the stomach flu, but it is not caused by the influenza virus. It’s a different, highly contagious virus that generally spreads via hand-to-mouth contact about 12 to ...

Health officials are raising alarms about a significant increase in norovirus cases nationwide, including here in North Texas. The highly contagious virus has been spreading since the holiday ...

Norovirus cases are on the rise across the country, and Nova Scotia is no exception. The provincial health authority says although it does not track the exact number of cases locally, anecdotally ...

(KWTX) -Norovirus, also known as the “stomach bug”, typically surges during the wintertime months. In this week’s Degrees of Science we are talking with Dr. William Schaffner, a professor of ...

Norovirus infection has characteristic clinical and epidemiological features that can allow its differentiation from other causes of gastroenteritis. Norovirus is often acquired from a contact ...