Lehigh Valley’s health networks are seeing abnormally high cases of the stomach bug that’s taking a large number of people ...

“Commonly known as the stomach flu, norovirus has been around forever, and has become the leading cause of gastroenteritis or inflammation of the intestinal tract that causes vomiting and diarrhea,” ...

This article was originally featured on The Conversation. The highly contagious norovirus – popularly known as “stomach flu” or the “winter vomiting bug” – is now surging through the U.S..

There are two main ways norovirus particles go from person to person, Wilen says. They can spread via direct human contact. Or the virus can spread through fomites, "which are basically any ...

In 2016, Baylor College of Medicine researcher Mary Estes, PhD, and her colleagues developed a method to cultivate norovirus outside of the human body, allowing scientists to test different ...

Occasionally, an unwelcome detriment like the norovirus creeps in unexpectedly. The natural cycle of our health throughout the seasons raises the question: Can dogs catch a cold from a human ...

GI and GII contain the majority of norovirus strains associated with human diseases and are further divided into about 30 genotypes. A single genotype, GII.4, has been associated with majority of ...

“Areas with lower vaccination rates, colder weather and higher population density are seeing higher infection rates,” said Dr. Ryan Fulton, a faculty member at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of ...

This was not a good idea. “Feline calicivirus is a wimp compared to human norovirus,” Lee-Ann Jaykus, an expert on food virology at North Carolina State University, told me. Her work has shown ...

There are currently three vaccine candidates moving through the clinical pipeline in human trials right now, and the furthest along is Moderna, which has developed a norovirus vaccine with the ...

Ohio Department of Health director Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff has cautioned Ohioans to continue to take these illnesses seriously.

People in vulnerable groups are offered vaccines against flu, COVID and RSV, the UKHSA said, adding: "Staying at home when ...