norovirus

When it comes to clinical trials of a norovirus vaccine – something that has been ongoing since the 1970s, it's the Wild West. The early vaccines were crude and the outcomes has been universally dismal.

For many years, norovirus vaccine (NoV) research has been going gangbusters but with nothing to show. NoV is one of the primary culprits behind acute gastroenteritis worldwide.

Ask anyone, whether it's a librarian, vegetarian, Hungarian, or a dromedarian (yes, I made that up), or anyone else, where the first successful method of preventing norovirus (aka "stomach flu") infections might come from,

Since Covid hit, it's pretty much impossible to turn around and not be facing an alcohol-based hand sanitizer. We all use them without giving it much thought. But maybe it's time to give this topic some thought.

One month from her 93rd birthday and five feet tall (when standing on a 3" step), my mother does not appear to be especially threatening. Yet, as my family would find out, bioterrorists can come in small packages. 

As if winter isn't bad enough. Perhaps a visit from Santa might cheer you up, especially if you've already had a visit from Satan (note the brilliant juxtaposition of letters!).

This past April I reported that Vaxart, a small San Francisco vaccine biotech, was ready to start dosing volunteers with its experimental vaccine against norovirus, aka, the stomach flu, in Phase Ib studies (See 

A group from the University of Arizona has come up with something that sounds like it belongs in a science fiction movie; an easy, immediate test for norovirus – the bug that causes the "stomach flu" – using a modified smartpho

According to the World Health Organization, there are vaccines available to prevent 26 infectious diseases.

No need to keep the mop handy. At least yet.