Hand-washing works One major point the COVID-19 pandemic helped drive home is how important it is to wash your hands. Washing ...

Myth: Cruise ships are floating Petri dishes and norovirus outbreaks are rampant ...

While hand sanitizer is no longer being produced under temporary emergency authorizations, businesses should only stock ...

We analysed 16 635 norovirus sequences submitted between Jan 1, 2005, to Nov 17, 2016, of which 1372 (8·2%) sequences belonged to genotype GI, 15 256 (91·7%) to GII, and seven (<0·1%) to GIV.1. During ...

Consumer Reports explains that new hand sanitizers may pose risks to consumers, as new manufacturers try to fill a void during the coronavirus pandemic. Ad-free. Influence-free.

Norovirus GII.17 accounted for 75% of outbreaks in the US in the 2024-2025 season, outpacing outbreaks caused by the GII.4 norovirus, according to new data published in Emerging Infectious Diseases.

Vaxart, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on oral recombinant pill vaccines, announced it will release topline data from its Phase I trial on norovirus before the market opens on June 11, 2025.

The agency is monitoring norovirus outbreaks in its CaliciNet laboratory database, and said that in 2014, there was a surge of GII.17 strains in Asia and Europe that did not change seasonality.

Increase in outbreaks of norovirus GII.17 over GII.4, United States, 2022–2025. Seasons are defined as September 1 of one year to August 31 of the next. The 2024–25 season is truncated to ...

Plenty of different types of viruses and bacteria are resistant to alcohol-based sanitizers. And they can make you very sick.

Hand sanitizer can be especially convenient for killing germs when you’re on the go or traveling. But while many hand sanitizers claim to kill 99.9% of germs, they’re not effective against everything ...