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 ...

Food Service Establishment. June 17: 25 red points; 0 blue points. The restaurant was cited for repeat violations of items ...

Myth: Cruise ships are floating Petri dishes and norovirus outbreaks are rampant ...

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.

Moreover, some manufacturers are putting the hand sanitizer into plastic and glass bottles that could be easily mistaken for regular alcohol or another beverage. But the FDA says that as long as ...

Norovirus GII.17 accounted for < 10% of outbreaks in the US 2022-23 season, but rose to 75% during the 2024-25 season, passing the number of GII.4 outbreaks.

The pharmacy is participating in the #CompoundingHandoff campaign, providing pharmaceutical-grade hand sanitizer to first responders in its community. (Photo: Business Wire) ...

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.

However, there’s one hand sanitizer product that seems to contain less alcohol than advertised, per a new enforcement report from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Late last week, on June 5 ...

In previous years, the U.S. saw norovirus outbreaks increase around December, which marked the start of the season of the virus. Between 2011 and 2024, GII.4 viruses caused less than 50% of US ...

Whether the upcoming norovirus season will surge early again this year may be anyone’s guess. But, scientists say there’s a new strain to worry about (Getty Images for NYCWFF) ...