William Schaffner: The most important thing is good hand hygiene. Washing with soap and water works the best. Those hand ...

A new norovirus strain reported in Alabama and Tennessee will likely come to Columbus, and residents have less immunity to it. Photo by Pixabay The highly contagious norovirus has been rapidly ...

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

And that’s where things get tricky. “There are different [norovirus] strains,” Estes said. “To get one antiviral that’s going to work against all of the virus strains has been ...

There were 91 suspected or confirmed norovirus outbreaks reported in the United States in the first week of December, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), exceeding the ...

MedStar Health Urgent Care in our region is experiencing an uptick in norovirus across its 33 clinics, says its spokesperson.

Also known as the "stomach bug" or "stomach flu," norovirus causes acute gastroenteritis, the CDC said, inflaming the stomach ...

The presence of one oligosaccharide, called the H1-antigen, is required for attachment by many norovirus strains. People who do not make H1-antigen in their intestinal cells make up 20% of the ...

Pomerene's Katie Wright suspects people are treating flu-like symptoms at home. "From a clinical perspective, we're not ...

Ava Anklesaria, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine at CUIMC Running to the bathroom due to vomiting, diarrhea, or both is no ...

And it’s not just cuddling by an open fire that puts you at risk: The hallmarks of the winter season, including lower ...

Norovirus and a few other viruses use these oligosaccharides to grab onto and infect the intestinal cells. It’s the specific ...