A Canadian teenage girl has died three weeks after stomach flu transformed into a rare heart disease known as myocarditis.

According to Montreal-based newspaper The Gazette, Karčle Galaise-Séguin of Granby, Quebec, had been suffering from a stomach virus. The 16-year-old girl was taken to the hospital after she showed no signs of improvement. When the doctors found she was suffering from a heart ailment, Galaise-Séguin was immediately transferred to Montreal Children's Hospital, the newspaper said

About 220 passengers aboard the Norwegian Cruise Lines ship, Pride of Hawaii, fell ill because of a highly contagious Norwalk virus. The norovirus caused stomach flu, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea in passengers after they returned Monday to Honolulu following a seven-day cruise around the islands.

Janice Okubo, spokeswoman for the Hawaii Department of Health said, "It's one of the common viruses we've been seeing on cruise lines. Most of the time, people recover

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

The Queen Elizabeth 2 cruise liner made an unusual visit to the Bay Area in California before continuing on its 108-day scheduled cruise around the world. The cruise ship began it trip on January 8 from New York. After departing from Ft. Lauderdale, FL on January 10, more than 300 passengers and crew members aboard the ship fell ill with the norovirus, which is a highly contagious type of stomach flu.

By the time the ship reached the San Francisco Bay, only four passengers still had the viral symptoms, which include nausea, vomiting and diarrhea

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is at the center of a health scare during the early hours of Wednesday morning, after being taken to the hospital with a rapid heartbeat.

Just hours after lighting the tree at the Sacramento state Capitol, he entered the UC Davis Medical Center at about midnight local time, complaining of his heart