Is there a link between Celebrity Mercury Cruise Lines and Norovirus Illnesses in South Carolina?
Recently, officials with the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed that Norovirus caused intestinal illness on a third straight cruise from South Carolina earlier this month. The Norovirus sickened almost 420 people aboard Celebrity Mercury, which returned to Charleston on March 18. On two previous cruises this year, hundreds of passengers were sickened by Norovirus on the same ship.
The South Carolina Department of Health says there have been more than forty outbreaks of symptoms associated with the Norovirus across the state. DHEC says they have received reports of Norovirus from every county in South Carolina.
So, is South Carolina sickening the ships or the other way around?
The Dispatch says "public-health workers investigating the situation hadn't nailed down late today where or how the athletes picked up the bug," but they did pick up one common thread; The coach and all of the sickened athletes arrived in Columbus via an American Airlines flight from Dallas/Fort Worth.
The Celebrity Mercury returned to the Port of Charleston early Thursday to disembark guests.
Across Florida, 61 clusters of 
Another food recall is in effect for parts of Oregon. Oregon Oyster Farms Incorporated is recalling oyster meat and oysters in the shell from Yaquina Bay at Newport. The recall involves one-half pint containers, pint containers, half gallon containers, and four-gallon buckets including all large, medium, small, extra-small, and petite Pacific oysters, Kumamoto oysters, and Yaquina native oysters. All shucked product product containers with sell or use by dates of February 15th through March 11th are included. The Oregon Department of Health says the recall is due to potential norovirus contamination.