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

Objective To compare the effectiveness of hand hygiene using alcohol-based hand sanitiser to soap and water for preventing the transmission of acute respiratory infections (ARIs) and to assess the ...

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 ...

Don’t let your vacation go to ship — how to reduce your risk of norovirus, infectious diseases, food poisoning and more.

Findings 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 ...

Moreover, some manufacturers are putting the hand sanitizer into plastic and glass bottles that could be easily mistaken for regular alcohol or another beverage. But the FDA says that as long as ...

Norovirus GII.17 accounted for < 10% of outbreaks in the US 2022-23 season, but rose to 75% during the 2024-25 season, passing the number of GII.4 outbreaks.

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.

In previous years, the U.S. saw norovirus outbreaks increase around December, which marked the start of the season of the virus. Between 2011 and 2024, GII.4 viruses caused less than 50% of US ...

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.

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 ...