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 ...

Stock image of a person bent over a toilet. Cases of norovirus — the virulent illness that causes vomiting, diarrhea, and stomach pain — are surging in the U.S. ahead of the holiday season, and it can ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — As the North Carolina Dept. of Health and Human Services joins other health agencies across the country in warning of a severe sick season this year, one of the most-used tools to ...

February 23, 2011 (San Antonio, Texas) — Use of alcohol-based hand sanitizer (ABHS) in place of soap and water in nursing homes represents one of the greatest institutional risk factors for the spread ...

Norovirus — nicknamed the 'two-bucket disease' for its sudden and simultaneous vomiting and diarrhea — continues to spread across the United States at unusually high spring rates. CDC wastewater ...

A bottle of hand sanitizer sits on a table at Lee Auto Mall in Westbrook in 2020. (Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer) Hand sanitizer alone does not work well against norovirus, according to ...

Norovirus is back in the headlines, and it is not just another seasonal nuisance. You are dealing with a virus that spreads explosively through households, schools, and workplaces, and the usual quick ...