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2. The 24-Hour Flu Is No Joke: Here’s What Causes It - AOL

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   Norovirus is a highly contagious virus that causes vomiting and diarrhea—and sometimes at the same time, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Norovirus is the ...

3. Feel Like Everyone Has the Stomach Bug? It’s Not Just You ...

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   The way norovirus spreads is admittedly gross: You get norovirus when tiny particles of poop or vomit from an infected person wind up in your mouth, according to the CDC. Norovirus is “extremely ...

4. Norovirus - Wikipedia

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   Norovirus is a common cause of epidemics of gastroenteritis on cruise ships. The CDC, through its Vessel Sanitation Program, records and investigates outbreaks of gastrointestinal illness – mostly caused by norovirus – on cruise ships with both a US and foreign itinerary; [78] there were 12 in 2015, and 10 from 1 January to 9 May 2016. An ...

5. 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 ...

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. What is norovirus? Inside the stomach bug spreading across ...

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   According to the CDC, the winter stomach bug norovirus is spreading with an increase of cases across the Northeast. Doctors help break down what it is, how it's spread and what to do to try and ...

8. 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]

9. New norovirus strain is stoking the stomach flu surge - AOL

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   While the majority of people will recover within a few days, every year norovirus causes 900 deaths, mostly among adults aged over 65 and older, according to CDC data.. The virus causes 465,000 ...