As flu and other winter illnesses rise, another contagious virus often spreads each season. Here’s what to know about ...

Patients with rotavirus and norovirus, infectious diseases that primarily occur during winter, have recently been increasing.

Learn about the risks of eating raw oysters, from vibriosis and norovirus to shellfish allergies, plus essential tips for ...

Portions of Broad Bay in Virginia Beach are closed to shellfish harvesting due to water contamination, the Virginia ...

The Virginia Department of Health closes Broad Bay to shellfish harvesting until Nov. 30 due to a sewage release.

North Florida’s Apalachicola Bay will soon reopen for wild oyster harvesting TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- North Florida's Apalachicola Bay will reopen for wild oyster harvesting, a move that supporters hope ...

Dozens of passengers contracted norovirus aboard a cruise ship that docked in Boston on Monday.According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 74 of the 634 people aboard the Oceania ...

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The arrival of agriculture coincided with a sharp rise in a gene variant that protected against the virus that causes winter vomiting, researchers from Karolinska Institutet and Linköping University ...

Neal J. Riley is a digital producer for CBS Boston. He has been with WBZ-TV since 2014. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe and The San Francisco Chronicle. Neal is a graduate of Boston ...