Norovirus spreading in CT, experts say: 'For 3 days you're really in trouble:'
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... Norovirus is now spiking in Connecticut and across the country, and while that's nothing new for early winter, a new, more contagious variant is causing infectious disease specialists to take notice.

A norovirus variant called GII.17 was identified in 2022. Though it was slow to spread at first, it has become the dominant strain in the U.S.

"I wouldn't wish this norovirus on anyone really, because for those three days, you're really in trouble," said John Nwangwu, a professor of public health at Southern Connecticut State University.

Norovirus is a gastrointestinal disease, transmitted through surfaces. Symptoms that usually last about three days rarely result in death, but the vomiting and diarrhea the virus causes can dangerously dehydrate a patient.

The CDC does track norovirus in 14 states, though Connecticut is not one of them. National data shows norovirus spiking now in pockets around the country, with those spikes expected to increase as the winter wears on. ...

Stanford University runs a wastewater disease surveillance program, to which local wastewater treatment plants send samples for testing. One of those treatment centers is in Stamford, and according to that data, norovirus is spreading fast in Connecticut, with an "upward trend in the last 21 days." ...

Connecticut reports first case of measles in years
portal.ct.gov

... The Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) today announced that it has confirmed a case of measles in an unvaccinated Fairfield County child under the age of 10. This is the first case of measles in Connecticut in more than four years. Nationwide, more than 1,800 cases of measles have been reported in 2025 " the most since the virus was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000 and the most cases in more than three decades, according to the International Vaccine Access Center ...

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Connecticut has highest measles vaccination rate in the country, according to new CDC data (August 2025)
portal.ct.gov

... Connecticut continues to receive top marks nationally for immunization rates with the first day of school just weeks away. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Connecticut ranked highest in the country for two-dose measles vaccination rate. The percentage of Connecticut kindergarten students receiving required measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine in the 2024"2025 school year is 98.3%. This is an increase of 0.5% from the previous year. ...