If you've had more than one friend cancel plans due to a nasty "stomach flu" or "stomach bug," they might actually have ...

after using the toilet, before eating and preparing food, as well as cleaning up vomit or diarrhoea." It is also important to remember that hand sanitisers, even if alcohol-based, do not work to kill ...

Cases of norovirus are much higher than average this year. (Getty Images) A new strain of norovirus has been sweeping across the country, pushing cases of the nasty stomach bug up to double the ...

A bug which has become a dominant virus across the UK in recent months has prompted a doctor to issue advice on how to stop the spread of the new strain of norovirus. The 'Kawasaki bug' was first ...

Alcohol hand gets do not kill the virus. "The usual increase we see in norovirus cases heading into the winter has started earlier compared to previous seasons," Amy Douglas, epidemiologist at ...

feeling sick (nausea) eating food that's been prepared or handled by someone with norovirus Washing your hands frequently with soap and water is the best way to stop it spreading. Alcohol hand gels do ...

The NHS warns that alcohol hand gels do not kill norovirus and advises that washing your hands frequently with soap and water is the best way to stop it spreading. The NHS advises that norovirus cases ...

The NHS warns that alcohol hand gels do not kill norovirus and advises that washing your hands frequently with soap and water is the best way to stop it spreading. The NHS advises that norovirus ...