Breathing For Life - Norovirus - View Topic (Page 1 of 2)

Topic Rating:

Linus
Full Member

Posts: 476
Status: Offline
Joined:

Reputation: 100%

Norovirus (1st Dec 11 at 3:54pm UTC)
A warning from the Food Standards Agency, http://www.food.gov.uk/news/newsarchive/2011/nov/norovirus information on the subject from the NHS http://www.nhs.uk/news/2011/11November/Pages/winter-vomiting-bug-found-in-most-oysters.aspx
Back to Top - Link to Post - Last edit: by Ian

Ian
Administrator

Posts: 7,436
Status: Offline
Gender: Male
Joined:

Reputation: 100%

Re: Oysters & Norovirus (10th Nov 12 at 10:57pm UTC)
Winter vomiting bug starts a month early: official figures http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9666173/Winter-vomiting-bug-starts-a-month-early-official-figures.html
Back to Top - Link to Post

howie
Founder Member

Posts: 346
Status: Offline
Joined:

Reputation: 100%

Re: Oysters & Norovirus (11th Nov 12 at 5:31pm UTC)
Urrrrrgh Who in their right mind could want to eat oysters
Back to Top - Link to Post

Ian
Administrator

Posts: 7,436
Status: Offline
Gender: Male
Joined:

Reputation: 100%

Re: Oysters & Norovirus (11th Nov 12 at 10:46pm UTC)
The same people that have fish eggs as a delicacy
Back to Top - Link to Post

Ian
Administrator

Posts: 7,436
Status: Offline
Gender: Male
Joined:

Reputation: 100%

Re: Oysters & Norovirus (24th Nov 12 at 10:50pm UTC)
The winter vomiting bug is continuing to rise with cases now 40 per cent higher than this time last year, official figures show. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9698039/Winter-vomiting-bug-cases-up-40-per-cent-Health-Protection-Agency.html
Back to Top - Link to Post

Ian
Administrator

Posts: 7,436
Status: Offline
Gender: Male
Joined:

Reputation: 100%

Re: Norovirus (5th Dec 12 at 10:33pm UTC)
The number of people struck by a debilitating winter vomiting bug has rocketed with more than half a million Britons falling ill this winter, official figures have revealed http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/cases-of-winter-vomiting-virus-top-666000-8382457.html
Back to Top - Link to Post

Ian
Administrator

Posts: 7,436
Status: Offline
Gender: Male
Joined:

Reputation: 100%

Re: Norovirus (12th Dec 12 at 11:28pm UTC)
Three quarters of a million people have been struck down by the ‘winter vomiting bug’ and dozens of hospital wards closed in the worst start to the norovirus season on record. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9741055/Norovirus-closes-hundreds-of-wards.html
Back to Top - Link to Post

Ian
Administrator

Posts: 7,436
Status: Offline
Gender: Male
Joined:

Reputation: 100%

Re: Norovirus (13th Dec 12 at 9:34pm UTC)
Up to 750,000 people could be hit by norovirus bug as UK faces biggest outbreak yet http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/up-to-750000-people-could-be-hit-by-norovirus-bug-as-uk-faces-biggest-outbreak-yet-8412195.html
Back to Top - Link to Post

Ian
Administrator

Posts: 7,436
Status: Offline
Gender: Male
Joined:

Reputation: 100%

Re: Norovirus (14th Dec 12 at 11:40pm UTC)
Please, please don't visit': Hospitals in lockdown amid worst norovirus outbreak in five years http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2248010/Visitors-banned-wards-closed-hospitals-battle-worst-norovirus-outbreak-years.html#ixzz2F4ZMftDj
Back to Top - Link to Post

Ian
Administrator

Posts: 7,436
Status: Offline
Gender: Male
Joined:

Reputation: 100%

Re: Norovirus (15th Dec 12 at 11:14am UTC)
Winter vomiting bug: Hospitals ban visitors http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-20737378
Back to Top - Link to Post

Ian
Administrator

Posts: 7,436
Status: Offline
Gender: Male
Joined:

Reputation: 100%

Re: Norovirus (18th Dec 12 at 10:11pm UTC)
Norovirus to ruin Christmas for thousands http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9754429/Norovirus-to-ruin-Christmas-for-thousands.html
Back to Top - Link to Post

Ian
Administrator

Posts: 7,436
Status: Offline
Gender: Male
Joined:

Reputation: 100%

Re: Norovirus (28th Dec 12 at 10:18pm UTC)
One million now affected by winter vomiting bug - and cases are set to soar well into the New Year http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2254239/One-million-affected-winter-vomiting-bug--cases-set-soar-New-Year.html#ixzz2GO67f1KI
Back to Top - Link to Post

Ian
Administrator

Posts: 7,436
Status: Offline
Gender: Male
Joined:

Reputation: 100%

Re: Norovirus (29th Dec 12 at 11:12am UTC)
Norovirus outbreak may have exceeded 1 million, says health agency Confirmed winter vomiting bug cases soar to 3,538, shutting schools and forcing evacuation of North Sea oil rig http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/dec/28/norovirus-outbreak-exceeded-million
Back to Top - Link to Post

Ian
Administrator

Posts: 7,436
Status: Offline
Gender: Male
Joined:

Reputation: 100%

Re: Norovirus (1st Jan 13 at 12:09pm UTC)
Norovirus deserves our respect In the wealthy world, a blase attitude to infectious disease has taken hold. We need to be more wary http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/01/norovirus-infectious-diseases
Back to Top - Link to Post

Ian
Administrator

Posts: 7,436
Status: Offline
Gender: Male
Joined:

Reputation: 100%

Re: Norovirus (7th Jan 13 at 10:13pm UTC)
Patients treated in queuing ambulances because hospitals are overrun with norovirus cases http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2258546/Norovirus-Patients-treated-hospital-car-parks-winter-sickness-bug-continues-wreak-havoc.html#ixzz2HKXy0FT6
Back to Top - Link to Post

Ian
Administrator

Posts: 7,436
Status: Offline
Gender: Male
Joined:

Reputation: 100%

Re: Norovirus (9th Jan 13 at 1:13am UTC)
Norovirus ruined festive season for 150,000 people - and it hasn't peaked yet, warn officials http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2259004/Norovirus-ruined-festive-season-150-000-people.html#ixzz2HR7qIfcD
Back to Top - Link to Post

Ian
Administrator

Posts: 7,436
Status: Offline
Gender: Male
Joined:

Reputation: 100%

Re: Norovirus (9th Jan 13 at 1:02pm UTC)
Norovirus: new strain may be behind 63% increase in cases Experts say a new dominant strain – Sydney 2012 – is behind most of the estimated 1.19 million cases in England and Wales http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/jan/09/norovirus-vomiting-bug-rise
Back to Top - Link to Post

Ian
Administrator

Posts: 7,436
Status: Offline
Gender: Male
Joined:

Reputation: 100%

Re: Norovirus (9th Jan 13 at 10:17pm UTC)
Sydney 2012: a new strain of norovirus blamed for most winter vomiting cases http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/sydney-2012-a-new-strain-of-norovirus-blamed-for-most-winter-vomiting-cases-8443825.html
Back to Top - Link to Post

Ian
Administrator

Posts: 7,436
Status: Offline
Gender: Male
Joined:

Reputation: 100%

Re: Norovirus (1st Apr 13 at 11:27pm UTC)
Norovirus is back: Coldest March in 50 years sees winter vomiting bug cases rise http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2302173/Norovirus-Coldest-March-50-years-sees-winter-vomiting-bug-cases-rise.html#ixzz2PG0sVder
Back to Top - Link to Post

Ian
Administrator

Posts: 7,436
Status: Offline
Gender: Male
Joined:

Reputation: 100%

Re: Norovirus (20th Apr 13 at 9:44pm UTC)
I've lost my appetite – and with it goes my sense of self When you're a deckhand on the good ship nausea, all kinds of things go astray http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2013/apr/20/lost-appetite-nausea-jay-rayner
Back to Top - Link to Post