“Food poisoning” and “stomach bug” are informal terms describing gastroenteritis (inflammation of the stomach lining and intestines). While they share some symptoms, their causes differ.

Mookie Betts of the Los Angeles Dodgers shared that a severe stomach virus, potentially norovirus, kept him out of the Tokyo Series and was exacerbated by a difficult plane ride.

UPDATED: March 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM EST If your spouse, neighbor, coworker or child’s teacher has the stomach bug, beware. The highly contagious norovirus is rampant in South Florida.

A stomach bug is tearing its way through the Red Sox's clubhouse, per manager Alex Cora. The list of players dealing with the illness is growing day-by-day, too.

Casper Ruud was one of three top seeds to exit the Mexican Open on Wednesday due to the effects of a stomach bug, while both Alexander Zverev and Ben Shelton suffered early defeats at the ATP 500 ...

Stomach flu, medically known as viral gastroenteritis, strikes without warning and can turn a normal day into a challenging ordeal. This highly contagious virus affects millions of Americans ...

The stomach flu or "stomach bug" doesn't usually refer to an influenza virus; even when the flu has gastrointestinal symptoms, it is primarily a respiratory illness that may also produce fever ...

They have also seen many cases of an illness, also lasting five to six days with fevers and upper respiratory systems that are not testing positive for flu but follow a similar course. Strep ...

“Every day, I see one or two patients with moderate to severe stomach pain, nausea, and diarrhoea. But in many cases, there's no obvious source of contamination,” he said. “Despite multiple ...

He said when you combine the above factors with the fact norovirus can stick to surfaces for days or weeks, and someone only has to come in contact with a small amount of the virus to get infected ...

“We’re actually 300 or 400 cases above where we were last year,” said Valley Health nurse practitioner Olivia Legg. She says she’s seen a lot of stomach bug cases lately.