World's First Norovirus Vaccine Trial

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Doctors trial world’s first vaccine against vomiting bug norovirus

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Doctors have begun trialling the world’s first vaccine against the vomiting bug norovirus in the hope the jab could bring huge health and economic benefits.

Norovirus causes sickness and diarrhoea and can spread very rapidly between people who are in close contact, with outbreaks often occurring in hospitals, care homes, schools and nurseries.

The phase 3 clinical trial is to run for two years and enrol 25,000 adults with a focus on those over the age of 60 from countries including Japan , Canada and Australia .

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