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The Tower, the student newspaper of Catholic University, is reporting that the D.C. Department of Health has confirmed an outbreak of Norovirus on the Northeast campus. More than 23 students have been confirmed to have fallen ill due to the virus since January 21.

An outbreak of Norovirus affected more than 130 Catholic students in 2006. More recently, an incidence of the virus affected some 200 students at Georgetown University in the fall of 2008. Symptoms of the virus can include flu-like symptoms, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.