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 ...

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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.

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 ...

The Gross Reason You Should Never, Ever Do This One Thing on Planes first appeared on Parade on Jun 17, 2025 This story was ...

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.

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.

Hand sanitizers have become a daily habit, and are they really as effective against viruses and bacteria as we think? A ...

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.