With norovirus surging in New York, here's how to check if your cleaning products are effective at killing the stomach bug.

Many common disinfectants (containing things like ammonia and alcohol), hand sanitizer, and even Clorox and Lysol wipes, ...

While they’re convenient when you’re on the go, hand sanitizers will not kill norovirus, per the CDC. “The alcohol in them ...

Don gloves. It is necessary to wear gloves while cleaning during and after a bout of norovirus, and to wash your hands after removing and disposing of the gloves. “Even if you are wearing gloves, wash ...

Russo says that “Norovirus is not inactivated by alcohol.” He points out that hand sanitizer is still effective at inactivating the influenza virus, RSV and SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, ...

Norovirus is something you don’t want to ... signs as flu and RSV cases are on the rise Health experts with say hand sanitizer does not kill the virus but washing your hands for 20 seconds ...

While hand sanitizer is effective against many viruses, norovirus has a protein shell called a capsid that can’t easily be wiped away by alcohol-based disinfecting products. Another challenge ...