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What's the best way to kill norovirus, the 'stomach bug'?

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Norovirus is highly contagious and the leading cause of foodborne illness in the United States .

The virus spreads easily through direct contact with an infected person or with contaminated surfaces.

Neutralizing, or "killing," any norovirus that ends up on people's hands or on surfaces helps to curb the spread of the illness.

She was a 2023 AAAS Mass Media Science and Engineering Fellow at Science News . Her work has also appeared in Science News Explores , ZME Science and Chembites , among others. Skyler has a Ph.D. in chemistry from Caltech ..