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National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS)
The National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS) is a web-based platform that launched in 2009. It is used by local, state, and territorial health departments in the United States to report all waterborne and foodborne disease outbreaks, certain fungal disease outbreaks, and all enteric disease outbreaks transmitted by contact with environmental sources, infected persons or animals, or unknown modes of transmission to CDC. If you are a member of the general public and would like to report an outbreak, please contact your local or state health department. Contact information can be found at Public Health Resources: State Health Departments.
NORS data are now available in CDC’s BEAM (Bacteria, Enterics, Amoeba, and Mycotics) Dashboard, with a fresh look and improved functionality.
What we do
American Journal of Public Health Talks with CDC’s Mary Wikswo
How NORS collects and uses data from state, local, and territorial public health agencies…
Information to assist NORS users with logging in and entering outbreak reports…
Information on accessing and analyzing NORS data…
Links to information about outbreaks, diseases, conditions, and disease prevention...
Data entry forms and guidance for health department staff who report or use NORS data…
Information to assist NORS users with using NORSDirect to upload outbreak data…
Surveillance summaries, annual reports, and other publications…
Other surveillance systems that share reporting features with NORS…