The highly contagious norovirus is spreading quickly across the country as the year comes to a close thanks to a surging variant. Why it matters: The new norovirus outbreaks come as the flu, whooping ...

A sharp, unseasonably early spike in norovirus cases, also known as the “winter vomiting disease,” has emerged, adding an additional threat to an already crowded field of respiratory illnesses this ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hikers along Southern California's Pacific Crest Trail have been smacked with fast-spreading cases of a "winter vomiting disease" ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. William Schaffner: Norovirus is an intestinal virus that can make you very, very sick. It is indelicately called winter vomiting ...

Hikers on one of America's most iconic trails are getting an up-close lesson on what's often dubbed the "winter vomiting" bug, even as data shows it's hardly confined to winter, or to the backcountry.

Norovirus, sometimes called the "winter vomiting disease" or "two-bucket disease" — because it causes both vomiting and diarrhea — is on the rise across the nation, even as seasonal flu is taking off ...

It’s the holiday guest no one invited. The notorious “winter vomiting disease” is spreading rapidly across the country, with cases of the potentially deadly virus doubling over the past few months as ...

Norovirus isn’t called the “Winter Vomiting Bug” for nothing. It can cause vomiting and diarrhea, often in a “projectile vomiting” and “explosive diarrhea” type of way. And outbreaks and surges tend ...

Winter vomiting disease is caused by the Norovirus, which is most virulent during the colder half of the year. The infection clears up after a couple of days, but the protection it provides is ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Cases of norovirus, also known as the "winter vomiting disease," have ...

Wastewater data maintained by WasteWaterSCAN, a Stanford University-led tool for tracking the spread of disease, reported norovirus activity as being "high" in Massachusetts locations as of Dec. 8.