Cases of virus that can cause fatal diarrhea on the rise in California

NewsHealthCases of virus that can cause fatal diarrhea on the rise in CaliforniaInfections are the most severe in infants and young children under the age of 5Julia Musto in New York Monday 06 April 2026 20:04 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2952525","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/rotavirus-diarrhea-california-wastewater-us-b2952525.html","title":"Cases of virus that can cause fatal diarrhea on the rise in California"}}CloseUS Scales Back Federal Vaccine Recommendations For KidsSign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in healthGet our free Health Check emailGet our free Health Check emailEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_Health_Newsletter","regTitle":"Health Check","subscriptionGroup":"health","subscriptionGroupId":"a476a40b-80d6-475e-83ee-36e2c8c6dcb9","type":"health","pathPrefix":["/news/health","/news/science"],"associatedAuthors":["Rebecca Thomas"],"title":"Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health","mobileTitle":"Get our free Health Check email","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/healthCheck1_1.png","description":"Behind the headline review on the week in health","label":"I would like to receive morning headlines Monday - Friday plus breaking news alerts by email","newsletterKey":"receiveIndyHealthNews","regSourceSection":"Health","regSourceMethod":"NSCs"},"isClimate":false}Rotavirus is spreading in California and across the U.S., wastewater and federal data show, with high levels of the diarrhea-cau...