Source: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

From the CDC website:

Each year, Norovirus—

• causes about 21 million cases of acute gastroenteritis (inflammation of the stomach or intestines or both)
• contributes to about 70,000 hospitalizations and 800 deaths, mostly among young children and the elderly

You can get Norovirus illness at any time during the year. But, it is most common in the winter. Also, there can be 50% more Norovirus illness in years when there is a new strain of the virus going around.

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Learn More:

1. Norovirus Infection
   Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
   
2. Norovirus
   Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
3. Norovirus Symptoms
   Mayo Clinic
4. Causes & Symptoms of Norovirus Infection
   Minnesota Department of Health
5. Norovirus (Norwalk Virus)
   FoodSafety.gov

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Source:  Texas AgriLife Extension Service

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Source: Texas Department of State Health Services

The Texas Department of State Health Services is asking Texans to use discretion and not automatically seek treatment for flu-like symptoms in hospital emergency rooms.

Reports of periodic overcrowding of hospital ERs around the state prompted the advice from DSHS officials who said many people showing up in ERs may have nothing more than seasonal allergies or mild colds.

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