What to know about norovirus

The common but highly contagious stomach bug looks to be spreading nationwide

Felt stomach illustration.
(Image credit: Carol Yepes / Getty Images.)

Move over, COVID-19 — there's a new winter virus in town. Here's everything you need to know about norovirus, the highly contagious (but rarely fatal) stomach bug that's seemingly picking up steam nationwide:

What is norovirus?

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Brigid Kennedy

Brigid Kennedy worked at The Week from 2021 to 2023 as a staff writer, junior editor and then story editor, with an interest in U.S. politics, the economy and the music industry.