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By KEN CARLSON
BEE STAFF WRITER

Last Updated: December 21, 2006, 05:02:52 AM PST

The bad news about norovirus: frequent vomiting, diarrhea, headache and it's highly contagious.
The good news: It's over in one or two days.

Noroviruses, which cause a gastrointestinal illness, swept through 13senior citizen facilities in Stanislaus County last spring, and health officials continue to hear reports of people with the ugly symptoms.

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