At least 150 inmates and seven guards have reportedly fallen ill at the Clark County jail in Las Vegas, Nevada after a norovirus outbreak as health authorities are currently working upon decontamination of the building. The stomach-related illness was reported Saturday, with most inmates complaining about distress such as diarrhea, vomiting and cramps.

AP reports that nearly all the infected inmates worked in the kitchen and authorities are speculating that the virus might have been spread throughout the 3,100-bed detention through the use of contaminated food or trays

More than 100 students are recovering from a recent outbreak of norovirus at Fairleigh Dickinson University's Florham Park campus Monday. According to university spokesman Art Petro, the 24-hour virus hit campus Wednesday, and the students fell sick Thursday and Friday.

A dozen students, including six staff members were treated at area hospitals for dehydration, and then released. The health officials sent cleaning crews into dormitory bathrooms and dining halls as precautionary measures. The pool was also shut down for 24 hours for cleaning

Toronto's most prominent long term care facility has been temporarily closed for all patients and visitors following an outbreak of the Norwalk virus last week.

Bridgepoint Health, a Regent Park-area care facility for people with chronic diseases, shut down on Valentine's Day after an outbreak of the virus. According to hospital spokesperson Diane Whidden, a total of 50 staff members and patients have been affected

Parents should be alerted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) public health notification regarding the rotavirus vaccine (RotaTeg, Merck & Co., Inc.). The rotavirus vaccine is administered to pediatric patients to prevent the rotavirus viral infection from occurring, which can cause diarrhea, vomiting, fever and dehydration.

The FDA's notification was announced on February 14 following 28 after market reports of infants who have developed intussusception, which can cause an obstruction in the intestines. The discovery made from these 28 reported pediatric cases all occurred after full-dose vaccinations were given

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday warned about the ill-effects of using the recently approved vaccine, called RotaTeq, after the drug was linked to a twisting of the intestines in infants as well as early childhood diarrhea.

In 1996, the vaccine RotaShield, made by Wyeth for the rotavirus was withdrawn from the U.S. market following similar symptoms; a condition called intussusception. However, intussusception can also occur spontaneously in the absence of a vaccination