Typical household cleaners like hand sanitizer or wipes don't kill germs from norovirus. Here's what you can use instead.

All that travel over the holidays, as well as family gatherings and parties, can spread the virus. William Schaffner: The most important thing is good hand hygiene. Washing with soap and water works ...

Norovirus cases are significantly increasing in the US and Canada. Moderna is developing an mRNA-based vaccine, currently in ...

Proper hand washing with soap and water is important too. Alcohol sanitizers are not effective. If there's a contaminated environment such as the bathroom, clean and disinfect the area with bleach.

Health professionals are cautioning that certain unusual symptoms of a potentially fatal disease could manifest on the hands. The public is being urged to be vigilant for these signs, as they ...

The Centers for Disease Control ... According to the CDC, "Hand sanitizer does not work well against norovirus. You can use hand sanitizers in addition to hand washing, but hand sanitizer is ...

A surge in cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in China is sparking concerns five years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, drawing attention to another respiratory virus circulating ... health ...

In a new study published this week, researchers debuted a bionic hand system that can reportedly reproduce the most complex tactile sensations seen to date. Scientists at the Cortical Bionics ...

That's because "soap is a detergent, and it can dissolve and break apart the capsid and inactivate the virus pretty efficiently," he explains. Washing your hands both inactivates the virus and ...

As the norovirus outbreak continues to spread in the U.S., you can't rely on hand sanitizer alone to protect you. Norovirus, also sometimes called the "winter vomiting disease," causes ...