While cleaning the bathroom is a chore most people hate doing, it's essential to keep germs and dangerous bacteria at bay. But new research has uncovered that the equivalent of 845,000 people have never washed their bath mat, while 9.3% wait at least two months or longer before giving it a clean.

Most people recover from norovirus, a highly contagious infection, within a few days but it can be particularly risky for some groups. Now a small trial of a pill designed to protect against the virus

" Signs and symptoms usually begin 12 to 48 hours after your first exposure to a norovirus and last 1 to 3 days," noted the Mayo Clinic. "You can continue to shed virus in your stool for several weeks after recovery. "This shedding can last weeks to months if you have another medical condition."

Norovirus has torn through the U.S. this winter, peaking early in some parts of the country but taking hold in South Florida over the last few weeks. Experts say every person who gets it passes it

Jersey health officials are urging islanders to take extra care due to a serious vomiting bug spreading on the island. Norovirus makes you sick and gives you diarrhoea, as well as a headache and other symptoms.

Norovirus is also hard to kill on surfaces, where it can live for days to weeks. If someone in your household vomits in the bathroom, you need to clean every contaminated surface with a disinfectant (typically bleach). The virus also can spread through contaminated food.

In an early clinical trial, an experimental norovirus vaccine given as a pill produced defensive responses exactly where it counts—in the saliva of older people most vulnerable to the explosive stomach bug.

Holland America has reported its fourth norovirus outbreak of 2025 on a cruise out of Port Everglades, with nearly 150 passengers and 10 crew members falling ill.

A cruise ship off the coast of Belgium experience a gastrointestinal illness outbreak last week believed to have been caused by norovirus. The ship has already departed on another cruise.

Stomach bugs and norovirus are a regular health issue on land and sea but cruise lines seem to unfairly gain most of the attention when it comes to an outbreak. The Centers for Di

Health authorities have warned Hong Kongers to guard against norovirus infections while travelling to Japan as cases of infectious gastroenteritis rise in the country.

The latest report marks the eighth gastrointestinal illness outbreak on a cruise ship in just the first two months of the year, the healthy agency said.