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The number of local emergency department visits for respiratory illnesses in Broome County has changed since the beginning of January.

There were 91 suspected or confirmed norovirus outbreaks reported in the United States in the first week of December, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), exceeding the number of outbreaks during the same week in any year since 2012.

The Georgia school district says that more than 10% of students at each of its schools is sick from the flu or norovirus.

It’s that time of the year where a lot of people are getting sick. Some are falling ill with the flu, but there are other viruses spreading too. Several schools and districts in West Tennessee will be closed for the rest of the week,

William Schaffner: The most important thing is good hand hygiene. Washing with soap and water works the best. Those hand hygiene gels and wipes – the hand sanitizers – that people tend to use aren’t as effective against norovirus, so just wash frequently with good old soap and water. And then, of course, avoid people who are sick.

Norovirus is the leading cause of vomiting, diarrhea and foodborne illness in the US, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Norovirus cases are significantly increasing in the US and Canada. Moderna is developing an mRNA-based vaccine, currently in Phase 3 clinical trials, with the potential to be the first approved Norovirus vaccine by 2026.

Lehigh Valley’s health networks are seeing abnormally high cases of the stomach bug that’s taking a large number of people out of action and leaving them stuck in the bathroom.

In addition to the respiratory illnesses making their mark, a particularly nasty strain of norovirus, better known as the stomach bug, has been circulating throughout South Jersey and the surrounding areas.