Norovirus

Study may have solved a mystery surrounding Crohn’s disease

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Study may have solved a mystery surrounding Crohn’s disease

A new study may have solved a mystery surrounding Crohn’s disease, a type of inflammatory bowel disease in which immune defenses meant to attack invading microbes instead mistakenly target the body’s own digestive tract. Norovirus, a common infection that causes vomiting and diarrhea, is one of several viruses and bacteria thought to trigger disease onset … Read more

Another Gross Germ — Norovirus — Is Back After A Pandemic Break

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Another Gross Germ — Norovirus — Is Back After A Pandemic Break

Out with the new, in with the old? As COVID slowly exits the epidemiological limelight (but is still very much here to stay), outbreaks of another icky germ — norovirus — are making a comeback and returning to prepandemic numbers, according to a new CDC report. Commonly known as the stomach flu, “cruise ship virus,” … Read more