hydrated? no, it is. with a lot of diarrhea illnesses somehow that is how we get rid of the bacteria and viruses. people always want to stop diarrhea. i tell people if they can stand the diarrhea and keep really well-hydrated. that is the key. and it take as week and runs its course. the key if you re very old, very young, immune compromised and you really can t keep anything down, then you might need some ivs. arthel: once you catch this norovirus are you more susceptible for it to be able to attack you again? you know, every year the same way we get the flu. little changes come in. yeah, you can get the the norovirus again. this is new strain called the sydney strain from australia, a little different than the older ones. so they re pretty tricky these viruses. they mutate, they esolve and get us again. arthel: yikes!. wash your hands is the main thing, right. right. arthel: dr. lee van know
crazy like a fox and they re not going to do anything that could cause a real attack on them. on the other hand, they have murdered south korean sailors and attacked the south korean homeland. they have kidnapped citizens from other countries. if you re planning on rationality or good faith from north korea, it is a really big and dangerous that s make her the point is the united states has to be ready and serious about defending our interests. so far we have not sent that should be concern with north korea s continued provocative behavior. michael, have to leave it there. love to continue to talk to you about this. maybe we ll have you on again and we ll continue discussions. thank you. jon: the pentagon s move to lift the ban on women in combat roles is sparking new concerns about the future effectiveness of units serving on the front lines. the latest on the controversial decision ahead. as if the flu outbreak wasn t bad enough, a new strain of norovirus is cutting a trail throu
combat in these light infantry units which includes some artillery and armored divisions but defend, again, most women are not serving in direct cop bat units in israel. they are not barred from doing so. they have however joined the border patrol recently and they have been a very lethal force on the border. in fact some very high-profile incidents of late where they killed some intruders in the sinai desert. jon: jennifer griffin at the pentagon. jennifer, thank you. arthel: well the doctor is in and she is here too talk about on an aggressive new strain of norovirus that has been sweeping the global. well it has taken hold here in the u.s. the centers for disease control reports that since september the new strain has caused more than 140 outbreaks nationwide. norovirus spreads quickly through large groups and causes bouts of volume iting and vomiting and diarrhea. we have lee van nokia cure,
lsu health science center at shreveport. how are you doing. good. how are you? arthel: i am but a lot of people aren t. that doesn t sound very good symptoms you get from the norovirus. how else can you tell us in terms of how this virus attacks the body. what is interesting, every couple a years a new strain comes about. this was coincidentally during the peak of influenza this spiked. early on when we were hering about people that had the flu but had nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, it was probably they were infected with the norovirus. and the norovirus is a gi virus. it has been around for a long time. it was first described as the norwalk virus. it has been in the news intermittently. you hear about cruise ships having outbreaks of it where people get sick. but the key is good hygiene, hand-washing, things like that, you can really protect yourself. arthel: if it is gi,