The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed a norovirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship — the first one of the year that’s been reported. The Holland America Line was hit with a norovirus outbreak that sickened nearly 90 passengers and crew during its Dec 28-Jan. 9 voyage. The cruise notified the CDC of … Read more
These passengers are going to need a vacation from their vacation. Nothing is worse than getting sick while on vacation — especially when it’s an illness that causes nasty vomiting and diarrhea. That’s exactly what’s going on aboard AIDAdiva, a luxurious cruise ship from German line AIDA Cruises that is currently on a 133-day voyage, … Read more
There may soon be an option to take a pill rather than a vaccine to protect against COVID-19. A new paper in the journal Biology Methods and Protocols, published Wednesday by Oxford University Press, reported that researchers in Japan have developed a way to administer the COVID vaccine orally. The pill would allow for easier distribution … Read more
Editor’s note: This article first ran on Dec. 9, 2021, after an earlier version of the study was posted to the preprint database bioRxiv (opens in new tab). The article was updated on Sept. 23, 2022 to reflect the new information contained in the peer-reviewed journal. The coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 directly infects fat cells and specific … Read more