Flu, RSV, COVID, Norovirus Spread

This is a Canada news story, published by Global News, that relates primarily to influenza news.

Canada news

For more Canada news, you can click here:

more Canada news

influenza news

For more influenza news, you can click here:

more influenza news

News about epidemics & outbreaks

For more epidemics & outbreaks news, you can click here:

more epidemics & outbreaks news

Global News news

For more news from Global News, you can click here:

more news from Global News

About the Otherweb

Otherweb, Inc is a public benefit corporation, dedicated to improving the quality of news people consume. We are non-partisan, junk-free, and ad-free. We use artificial intelligence (AI) to remove junk from your news feed, and allow you to select the best health news, business news, entertainment news, and much more. If you like this article about epidemics & outbreaks, you might also like this article about

influenza viruses

. We are dedicated to bringing you the highest-quality news, junk-free and ad-free, about your favorite topics. Please come every day to read the latest influenza outbreaks news, respiratory virus season news, news about epidemics & outbreaks, and other high-quality news about any topic that interests you. We are working hard to create the best news aggregator on the web, and to put you in control of your news feed - whether you choose to read the latest news through our website, our news app, or our daily newsletter - all free!

respiratory viruses

Global News

•

Health

The winter ‘quademic’? You may be sick with one of these 4 viruses - National | Globalnews.ca

Summary

Nutrition label

71% Informative

In the United States , some health experts are referring to the simultaneous spread of these four viruses as a “quademic” In Canada , these four major illnesses are a combination of respiratory illnesses: influenza , respiratory syncytial virus ( RSV ), COVID 19 and norovirus.

While cases of these three respiratory illnesses are high in Canada , there’s another virus on the rise as well: Norovirus, also known as the stomach bug.

The weather conditions in the winter favour the viruses’ ability to transmit.

Norovirus is a highly contagious virus that causes gastroenteritis, an inflammation of the stomach and intestines.

Symptoms include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, stomach cramps, fatigue, a low-grade fever, chills and a headache.

Canada does not release weekly reporting numbers for norovirus.

VR Score

Informative language

Neutral language

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity