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2. Worried about norovirus? Here's how to avoid the bug— and ...

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   Norovirus, aka the “stomach flu,” is still prevalent in the U.S. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that, nationally, more than 12% of tests for norovirus came back ...

3. Got COVID? Here are the new 2024 isolation guidelines

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   As of March 2024, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention no longer advises a five-day isolation period when you test positive for COVID-19, but recommends taking other precautions once ...

4. Got Norovirus? Doctors Say This Is Exactly What You ... - AOL

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   According to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control, there were almost 500 outbreaks of norovirus in U.S. states surveyed from August to December 2024, a significant rise from the ...

5. Airborne transmission - Wikipedia

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   The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advises the public about vaccination and following careful hygiene and sanitation protocols for airborne disease prevention. [47] Many public health specialists recommend physical distancing (also known as social distancing) to reduce transmission. [48]

6. Transmission-based precautions - Wikipedia

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   Transmission-based precautions are infection-control precautions in health care, in addition to the so-called "standard precautions". They are the latest routine infection prevention and control practices applied for patients who are known or suspected to be infected or colonized with infectious agents, including certain epidemiologically important pathogens, which require additional control ...

7. 2024 Norovirus outbreak in the U.S.; Here's what to know ...

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   The norovirus is a highly contagious virus that is currently the leading cause of vomiting, diarrhea and food-borne illness within the U.S., the CDC says.. Based on data gathered by the CDC ...

8. Universal precautions - Wikipedia

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   Universal precautions are an infection control practice. Under universal precautions all patients were considered to be possible carriers of blood-borne pathogens. The guideline recommended wearing gloves when collecting or handling blood and body fluids contaminated with blood, wearing face shields when there was danger of blood splashing on mucous membranes ,and disposing of all needles and ...

9. Norovirus cases skyrocket across US, here's how to avoid the ...

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   Chad D. Neilsen, MPH, director of Infection Prevention and Control at Nemours Children's Health in Florida, shared with Fox News Digital that norovirus is the leading cause of foodborne illnesses ...