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Cat Ellis

Vomiting bug strikes down thru-hikers on Appalachian Trail

Man hiking with poles feeling sick.

The National Park Service (NPS) has issued a warning to hikers after a suspected outbreak of norovirus among thu-hikers on the Appalachian Trail.

On March 21, the NPS Office of Public Health published a Gastrointestinal Illness Alert, explaining that hikers in Tennessee and Georgia had been struck down by symptoms including nausea, stomach pain and cramps, vomiting, and diarrhea. 

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