24 in hospital stricken with stomach virus (Boston Globe)


Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Needham is being disinfected after a gastrointestinal virus sickened 22 employees and two patients. Caused by a family of germs known as noroviruses, the disease, often incorrectly referred to as a stomach flu, causes nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal cramps. It is not life-threatening.