An outbreak of gastrointestinal illness swept through first-year dorms over the weekend and 15 students were hospitalized, the Cav Daily reports.
Student Health Director Chris Holstege sent an email to first years Sunday and said the outbreak is being investigated by the local health department. He also said there was no factual basis to support rumors that the retching was caused by food poisoning and that it could be a fast moving stomach virus.
An unnamed resident advisor told the Cav Daily that 10 of his residents got sick after eating at Runk and Observatory Hill dining halls, and that students in different dorms became ill within hours Friday evening. He described the main symptom of the outbreak as extreme vomiting.
Other symptoms, according to the email, include diarrhea, fatigue, lack of appetite, abdominal growling and cramping, and nausea, which should all clear up within a couple of days.