Oysters have been recalled by the Louisiana Department of Health after 15 people got sick with norovirus-like illnesses.

Over 15 people became sick with norovirus-like illnesses from eating raw oysters in Louisiana restaurants, according to the ...

The Louisiana Department of Health has ordered a recall of all oysters coming from a specific harvesting area after 15 people ...

The FDA has issued an urgent recall for shellstock oysters harvested last month in Washington state's Hammersley Inlet.

Fifteen people report illnesses after eating oysters sold at some New Orleans-area restaurants.

Both recalls cited potential contamination with norovirus. The recall did not mention any reported illnesses connected to the oysters and clams. Shellfish can absorb untreated human sewage ...

The Louisiana Department of Health has closed a molluscan shellfish harvesting area in Area 3 and ordered a recall of all oysters harvested from that area ...

In 2022, a multistate outbreak in the US was linked to raw oysters harvested from Texas waters. In 2023, several norovirus outbreaks in Europe were traced to oysters. A senior scientist at at the ...

Six generations ago, Europe's seas possessed vast oyster reefs. Oysters were found in their millions, clustered together in reef systems that spanned hundreds of square kilometers. Now the reefs ...

Norovirus is back and hitting hard. More than 80 people got sick after eating oysters at a Los Angeles County event in early December. Passengers on back-to-back cruises on Cunard's Queen Mary 2 ...

What many people think of as the “stomach flu” has nothing to do with influenza – norovirus is an illness ... running water can lower it. Raw oysters are especially dangerous.