This time of year is prime season for these fast-spreading illnesses.

Last week, the NHS cautioned about the second peak of norovirus infections after the vomiting bug reached its highest level ...

Norovirus, often nicknamed the winter vomiting bug, is once again moving through schools, offices, and households, and it thrives on the kind of close contact that defines colder months. You cannot ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This week cases of the vomiting bug reached 1012 - that’s an 8.9 per cent jump in cases from 929 the previous week. “It’s vital ...

With the NHS warning of a "second surge" of norovirus cases, a pharmacist has explained how to differentiate it from other ...

Cork University Hospital (CUH) has had to introduce further visitor restrictions arising out of an ongoing outbreak of the ...

Health officials investigated a major cruise ship after nearly 80 people on board reported being ill with symptoms of ...

The NHS is facing a “second surge” of norovirus as cases of the vomiting bug reach their highest level so far this winter. NHS figures published today show the average number of patients in hospital ...

It starts with a mumbled complaint about a sore stomach at bedtime. Two hours later, the child in the top bunk is retching, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Emetophobia makes me afraid of being around other people while norovirus rates are so high. (Tero Vesalainen via Getty Images) Of ...