A new vaccine is being tested in the US that may protect against the norovirus, which causes “stomach flu” or acute viral gastroenteritis, that can occur in confined living settings such as cruise ships, nursing homes, hospitals, schools, and military establishments.
Norovirus illness symptoms include acute onset diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal cramps, and the disease can range from being a mere nuisance to extremely severe or fatal, especially in immune-compromised individuals and in people in developing countries. In the US alone norovirus illnesses are responsible for over one million hospitalizations each year.
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