Your blood type may influence your vulnerability to norovirus, the winter vomiting virus
(THE CONVERSATION) In the last few months, schools all over the country have closed because of outbreaks of norovirus. Also known as stomach flu, norovirus infections cause watery diarrhea, low-grade ...
Norovirus: What is it? Who's at risk? And why won't hand sanitizers work?
Norovirus—a highly contagious virus known for causing gastrointestinal distress—is making headlines this winter due to a ...
If you haven't had the bug, it might be down to more than just good hygiene
Over the last few months, the UK Health Security Agency has issued warnings after a surge in cases of the highly contagious ...
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Avian Influenza: Prevention, Progress, and Public Health Priorities
To learn more about the recent bird flu outbreaks, we spoke with Asha Shah, MD, director of infectious diseases and ...
Doctors offer stomach bug prevention tips to stay healthy over NYE as norovirus cases surge
US health officials are on high alert due to a growing number of norovirus infections, which are commonly known as stomach flu or bugs.
Hand Sanitizer Won’t Protect You From Norovirus—but This Will
“Norovirus is a much more environmentally stable and hearty virus because it lacks an envelope,” says Infectious Disease Expert Amesh A. Adalja, M.D., senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for ...
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How to prevent norovirus, the ‘quad-demic’ virus with no vaccine
Alcohol-based hand sanitisers won’t kill norovirus due to the structure of the virus iteself, according to Prof Hunter. “Alcohol-based sanitisers work by dissolving the lipid envelope that ...