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Vaxart enrolled its first participants for its dose-ranging and boosting regimen studies.

Norovirus Oral Tablet Vaccine Enters Phase 1b Trials 

Investigators in Tennessee detailed associations between seasonal increases in sporadic pediatric cases of norovirus gastroenteritis and reported norovirus outbreaks among older populations.

Sporadic Pediatric Norovirus Cases May Predict Broader Outbreaks

More than 2 million ambulatory clinic encounters and 100,000 hospitalizations annually are due to the disease.

Norovirus Costs 900 Lives, $600M in US Healthcare Annually

Because norovirus is highly contagious in low concentrations, detection is typically conducted via a PCR-based method. But that requires time, a lab setting, and trained personnel.

Norovirus Detection Goes Mobile With New Portable Smartphone-Based Device

A single antibody, A1431, showed broad blockade toward tested GII.4 strains and was able to neutralize the pandemic GII.P16-GII.4 Sydney strain of norovirus.

Investigators Discover Antibody Capable of Inhibiting Multiple Strains of Norovirus

Dorothy McCoy, PharmD, BCPS-AQ ID, Clinical Associate Professor at the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy at Rutgers University and Clinical Pharmacist, Infectious Diseases Hackensack University Medical Center shares advice on when a patient with norovirus should go to the emergency room.

Dorothy McCoy, PharmD, shares advice on when a patient with norovirus should go to the emergency room.

When Should a Norovirus-Infected Patient Go To the Emergency Room?

Dorothy McCoy, PharmD, BCPS-AQ ID, Clinical Associate Professor at the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy at Rutgers University and Clinical Pharmacist, Infectious Diseases Hackensack University Medical Center provides advice for healthcare practitioners on counseling patients with norovirus.

Dorothy McCoy, PharmD, provides advice for healthcare practitioners on counseling patients with norovirus.

How to Counsel Patients Who Are Infected with Norovirus

Dorothy McCoy, PharmD, BCPS-AQ ID, Clinical Associate Professor at the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy at Rutgers University and Clinical Pharmacist, Infectious Diseases Hackensack University Medical Center 

describes what healthcare professionals can do in the event of a norovirus outbreak.

Dorothy McCoy, PharmD, describes what healthcare professionals can do in the event of a norovirus outbreak.

What Can Healthcare Providers Do in the Event of a Norovirus Outbreak?

Dorothy McCoy, PharmD, BCPS-AQ ID, Clinical Associate Professor at the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy at Rutgers University and Clinical Pharmacist, Infectious Diseases Hackensack University Medical Center, explains why the norovirus spreads so efficiently.

Dorothy McCoy, PharmD, Clinical Associate Professor at the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy at Rutgers University, explains why the norovirus spreads so efficiently.

Why Does the Norovirus Spread So Efficiently?

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