If you or someone you know has been sick with a stomach bug lately, chances are it is the highly infectious norovirus, which causes symptoms like vomiting and diarrhea. Medical experts emphasize the ...
Medical experts emphasize the most effective way to protect yourself and others from norovirus is frequent handwashing with soap and water, and you can skip the hand sanitizer. According to the ...
The CDC advises thorough hand washing and sanitation over using hand sanitizers, which are ineffective against norovirus. Norovirus cases in the US have more than doubled compared to last season's ...
The study authors suspect this is because people are skipping hand-washing (which is more effective) in favor of using hand sanitizer. So, while you can use hand sanitizer in addition to washing ...