{"id":6721,"date":"2024-02-24T17:30:38","date_gmt":"2024-02-24T22:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/?p=6721"},"modified":"2024-02-24T17:30:38","modified_gmt":"2024-02-24T22:30:38","slug":"liberty-university-addresses-gastrointestinal-illness-outbreak-urges-preventative-measures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/?p=6721","title":{"rendered":"Liberty University Addresses Gastrointestinal Illness Outbreak, Urges Preventative Measures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s an investigation into increased gastrointestinal illnesses on Liberty University&#8217;s campus, involving collaboration between the university, Virginia Department of Health, Lynchburg City, and community partners. Preventative measures like handwashing and disinfecting are advised, along with avoiding close contact with symptomatic individuals. The priority is to ensure the health and safety of the university community, and those experiencing symptoms are urged to isolate. As of now, no problems have been identified with the university&#8217;s dining facilities, and their closure is not recommended by the Virginia Department of Health.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AOUgZXForaQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/wlni.com\/liberty-university-handles-outbreak-of-gastrointestinal-illness-on-campus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">READ MORE &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s an investigation into increased gastrointestinal illnesses on Liberty University&#8217;s campus, involving collaboration between the unive&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/?p=6721\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Liberty University Addresses Gastrointestinal Illness Outbreak, Urges Preventative Measures<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[533],"class_list":["post-6721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-liberty-university-addresses-gastrointestinal-illness-outbreak-urges-preventative-measures","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.9 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Liberty Dude\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/?p=6721\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.9\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"LIBERTY STUDENT NEWS | Independent News of Liberty University\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Liberty University Addresses Gastrointestinal Illness Outbreak, Urges Preventative Measures | LIBERTY STUDENT NEWS\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/?p=6721\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-02-24T22:30:38+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-02-24T22:30:38+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Liberty University Addresses Gastrointestinal Illness Outbreak, Urges Preventative Measures | LIBERTY STUDENT NEWS\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.libertystudentnews.com\\\/?p=6721#article\",\"name\":\"Liberty University Addresses Gastrointestinal Illness Outbreak, Urges Preventative Measures | LIBERTY STUDENT NEWS\",\"headline\":\"Liberty University Addresses Gastrointestinal Illness Outbreak, Urges Preventative Measures\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.libertystudentnews.com\\\/?author=4#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.libertystudentnews.com\\\/#organization\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-24T17:30:38-05:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-24T17:30:38-05:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.libertystudentnews.com\\\/?p=6721#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.libertystudentnews.com\\\/?p=6721#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"General, #liberty #university #addresses #gastrointestinal #illness #outbreak #urges #preventative #measures\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.libertystudentnews.com\\\/?p=6721#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.libertystudentnews.com#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.libertystudentnews.com\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.libertystudentnews.com\\\/?cat=1#listItem\",\"name\":\"General\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.libertystudentnews.com\\\/?cat=1#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"General\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.libertystudentnews.com\\\/?cat=1\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.libertystudentnews.com\\\/?p=6721#listItem\",\"name\":\"Liberty University Addresses Gastrointestinal Illness Outbreak, Urges Preventative Measures\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.libertystudentnews.com#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.libertystudentnews.com\\\/?p=6721#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Liberty University Addresses Gastrointestinal Illness Outbreak, Urges Preventative Measures\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.libertystudentnews.com\\\/?cat=1#listItem\",\"name\":\"General\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.libertystudentnews.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"LIBERTY STUDENT NEWS\",\"description\":\"Independent News of Liberty University\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.libertystudentnews.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.libertystudentnews.com\\\/?author=4#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.libertystudentnews.com\\\/?author=4\",\"name\":\"Liberty Dude\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.libertystudentnews.com\\\/?p=6721#authorImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b32d4b2c1736034d449ccc4413439c602f63944a266504602f15f43111e41eba?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"Liberty Dude\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.libertystudentnews.com\\\/?p=6721#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.libertystudentnews.com\\\/?p=6721\",\"name\":\"Liberty University Addresses Gastrointestinal Illness Outbreak, Urges Preventative Measures | LIBERTY STUDENT NEWS\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.libertystudentnews.com\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.libertystudentnews.com\\\/?p=6721#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.libertystudentnews.com\\\/?author=4#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.libertystudentnews.com\\\/?author=4#author\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-24T17:30:38-05:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-24T17:30:38-05:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.libertystudentnews.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.libertystudentnews.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"LIBERTY STUDENT NEWS\",\"description\":\"Independent News of Liberty University\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.libertystudentnews.com\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"Liberty University Addresses Gastrointestinal Illness Outbreak, Urges Preventative Measures | LIBERTY STUDENT NEWS","description":"","canonical_url":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/?p=6721","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/?p=6721#article","name":"Liberty University Addresses Gastrointestinal Illness Outbreak, Urges Preventative Measures | LIBERTY STUDENT NEWS","headline":"Liberty University Addresses Gastrointestinal Illness Outbreak, Urges Preventative Measures","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/?author=4#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/#organization"},"datePublished":"2024-02-24T17:30:38-05:00","dateModified":"2024-02-24T17:30:38-05:00","inLanguage":"en-US","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/?p=6721#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/?p=6721#webpage"},"articleSection":"General, #liberty #university #addresses #gastrointestinal #illness #outbreak #urges #preventative #measures"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/?p=6721#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/?cat=1#listItem","name":"General"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/?cat=1#listItem","position":2,"name":"General","item":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/?cat=1","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/?p=6721#listItem","name":"Liberty University Addresses Gastrointestinal Illness Outbreak, Urges Preventative Measures"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/?p=6721#listItem","position":3,"name":"Liberty University Addresses Gastrointestinal Illness Outbreak, Urges Preventative Measures","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/?cat=1#listItem","name":"General"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/#organization","name":"LIBERTY STUDENT NEWS","description":"Independent News of Liberty University","url":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/?author=4#author","url":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/?author=4","name":"Liberty Dude","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/?p=6721#authorImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b32d4b2c1736034d449ccc4413439c602f63944a266504602f15f43111e41eba?s=96&d=mm&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"Liberty Dude"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/?p=6721#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/?p=6721","name":"Liberty University Addresses Gastrointestinal Illness Outbreak, Urges Preventative Measures | LIBERTY STUDENT NEWS","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/?p=6721#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/?author=4#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/?author=4#author"},"datePublished":"2024-02-24T17:30:38-05:00","dateModified":"2024-02-24T17:30:38-05:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/","name":"LIBERTY STUDENT NEWS","description":"Independent News of Liberty University","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"LIBERTY STUDENT NEWS | Independent News of Liberty University","og:type":"article","og:title":"Liberty University Addresses Gastrointestinal Illness Outbreak, Urges Preventative Measures | LIBERTY STUDENT NEWS","og:url":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/?p=6721","article:published_time":"2024-02-24T22:30:38+00:00","article:modified_time":"2024-02-24T22:30:38+00:00","twitter:card":"summary","twitter:title":"Liberty University Addresses Gastrointestinal Illness Outbreak, Urges Preventative Measures | LIBERTY STUDENT NEWS"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"6721","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"Article","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":null,"created":"2024-02-24 22:30:45","updated":"2025-06-04 00:23:09","seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/?cat=1\" title=\"General\">General<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tLiberty University Addresses Gastrointestinal Illness Outbreak, Urges Preventative Measures\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com"},{"label":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/?cat=1"},{"label":"Liberty University Addresses Gastrointestinal Illness Outbreak, Urges Preventative Measures","link":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/?p=6721"}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pJcR0-1Kp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6721"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6722,"href":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6721\/revisions\/6722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}