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

Norovirus, which is spreading at elevated rates in 2025, is a common and highly contagious virus that causes acute ...

To avoid catching the virus, colloquially known as 'stomach flu,' wash hands with soap and water, and avoid touching the face ...

William Schaffner: Norovirus is an intestinal virus that can make you very, very sick. It is indelicately called winter ...

Vigorous handwashing with soap and water for at least 20 seconds is more effective at safeguarding against norovirus because ...

Norovirus, a gastrointestinal illness so severe it has earned the evocative sobriquets “winter vomiting disease” and ...

Norovirus and its varying strains are nothing new, but health experts are seeing increased activity compared to other years.

Winter viruses are going around full-force in some Oklahoma communities. In Ponca City, two of its schools, Ponca City East Middle School and Ponca City High School moved to remote learning due to ...

Disinfecting wipes, though commonly used, may do more harm than good due to toxic ingredients causing skin and respiratory ...

Hand sanitizer is simply not as effective against norovirus as it at killing other pathogens due to the virus's firm shell, ...

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 ...

But before you grab the cleaning supplies, know this: Many common disinfectants (containing things like ammonia and alcohol), hand sanitizer, and even Clorox and Lysol wipes, often do not fully kill ...