Cases of a highly contagious stomach virus, norovirus, are on the rise in Illinois and the Midwest, and health officials are warning people to take extra precautions as numbers could be even higher than reported heading into the holiday gathering season. What's more, this virus is particularly hard to kill and many may not even realize they're spreading it. Dr. Jonathan Martin, an infectious disease physician with Cook County Health, shares tips to help treat and prevent the spread of this virus

Our hospitals are seeing the usual December COVID, flu, and cold cases, but there are also plenty of people sick with Enterovirus D68. Edward Dominguez, MD, medical director of organ transplant infectious disease at Methodist Dallas Medical Center explains, EV-D68 is fairly easy to catch and treat, but harder to diagnose. #mysteryillness #illness #notflu #coldandfluseason #expert