Category: Norovirus

Holiday Food Safety Tips

Holiday meals can be memorable, but it takes more than a great recipe to make those memories happy. Learn how to prepare your meal safely so that your holiday isn’t spent dealing with food poisoning. Below is a list of common food safety mistakes and tips for preventing them. Read More >

November 18, 2015 by Blog Administrator4 Comments

General

food safety, Foodborne, holiday, illness, Norovirus, personal health, public health, Thanksgiving

Making a Norovirus Vaccine a Reality

Transmission electron micrograph (TEM) image of some of the ultrastructural morphology displayed by norovirus virions, or virus particles.

Have you ever experienced severe diarrhea or vomiting? If you have, it’s likely you had norovirus. If you haven’t, chances are you will sometime in your life. Norovirus is a very contagious virus that anyone can get from contaminated food or surfaces, or from an infected person. It is the most common cause of diarrhea Read More >

March 18, 2015 by Blog Administrator64 Comments

General, prevention

food poisoning, Foodborne, gastroenteritis, Norovirus, public health, stomach flu