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Norovirus: Vaccine to be trialled for vomiting bug

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Summary
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82% Informative

25,000 adults, mostly over-60s, will be given the vaccine over the next two years .

If successful, it would reduce the number of vulnerable adults in hospital during winter .

Each year , nearly four million people are infected by norovirus, 12,000 are admitted to hospital with it and there are 80 deaths.

The impact of the winter vomiting bug on the UK is considerable.

VR Score

83

Informative language

81

Neutral language

79

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

51

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not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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Time-value

medium-lived

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2

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