Today in norovirus news

Winter vomiting virus, noro, Norwalk, whatever you want to call it, is all the rage right now. There are so many outbreaks it’s hardly new and novel.

Today, two schools in Denver shut due to an outbreak. And one in Florida.10849902_719581291471357_3442145704847569295_n1-300x3001-300x300-1

A hotel in Ireland also closed for to control the virus through cleaning and disinfection after residents, staff and guests came down with gastrointestinal illness symptoms. Sounds like a memorable wedding.

 

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About Ben Chapman

Dr. Ben Chapman is a professor and food safety extension specialist at North Carolina State University. As a teenager, a Saturday afternoon viewing of the classic cable movie, Outbreak, sparked his interest in pathogens and public health. With the goal of less foodborne illness, his group designs, implements, and evaluates food safety strategies, messages, and media from farm-to-fork. Through reality-based research, Chapman investigates behaviors and creates interventions aimed at amateur and professional food handlers, managers, and organizational decision-makers; the gate keepers of safe food. Ben co-hosts a biweekly podcast called Food Safety Talk and tries to further engage folks online through Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and, maybe not surprisingly, Pinterest. Follow on Twitter @benjaminchapman.