Could vaccines end the winter vomiting bug?
A vaccine is to be trialled on thousands of people to find out if it could protect against norovirus - a stomach bug that causes vomiting and diarrhoea. The easily spreadable winter virus can affect people of all ages and have huge consequences - often closing hospital wards, taking children out of school and keeping parents off work.
World-first vaccine for vomiting bug norovirus trialled in the UK
The jab uses mRNA technology to tell the immune system to recognise a ‘foreign’ protein on viruses and mount an attack.
Thousands of pensioners to get new vaccine to try and stop vomiting and diarrhoea bug
A new trial that aims to protect against norovirus, a highly contagious stomach bug that causes vomiting and diarrhoea, is set to be trialled on 25,000 people. Norovirus, commonly referred to as the “winter vomiting bug”, affects people of all ages and has had significant societal and healthcare impacts.
Winter vomiting bug could be thing of past as UK trials vaccine
Dr Patrick Moore, the study's chief investigator and the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) director in the South West, stated that there are currently "no approved vaccines for norovirus anywhere in the world", and the only treatment available for severely ill patients in hospitals is intravenous fluids.
World’s first norovirus vaccine set to be trialled by NHS to combat winter vomiting bug
The world’s first norovirus vaccine is set to be trialled by the NHS in a bid to ease the strain on already stretched hospitals.
The important norovirus tip as cases of 'winter vomiting bug' are on the rise
An important tip to help dodge norovirus has been issued as cases of the "winter vomiting bug" are on the rise. Health chiefs have said they are seeing their usual seasonal rise in cases of the bug.
New norovirus vaccine to be trialled in the UK to combat 'winter vomiting bug'
A new vaccine is to be trialled in the UK to deal with norovirus. Also known as the 'winter vomiting bug', norovirus is a highly transmissible stomach bug that causes vomiting and diarrhoea.
Norovirus winter vomiting bug cases increase in Wales
Cases of the winter vomiting bug norovirus are surging across the country with numbers significantly higher than the same period last year. The most recent weekly figures in the weekly surveillance report for the Welsh Government show a 118% rise in cases on the previous week.
Norovirus: World's first vaccine for deadly vomiting bug to be trialled in the UK as hospitalisations soar
A groundbreaking vaccine for norovirus, the notorious winter vomiting bug, is set to enter final-stage trials in the UK within the next fortnight. Developed by Moderna using mRNA technology, the jab aims to combat three major strains of the highly contagious virus.
UK could be first country to offer norovirus jab against ‘winter vomiting bug’
Britain could become the first country to offer norovirus jab after early trial results found it creates a “strong immune response”.
UK testing ‘world-first’ vaccine for winter vomiting bug, aiming to curb burden on health system
The late-stage trial will recruit about 25,000 people around the world to test the new vaccine from Moderna. View on euronews
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