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

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 ...

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

Holland America cruise passengers struck down with vomiting bug - Hong Kong health authorities urged cruise passengers to pay special attention to food hygiene ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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