The misery of the common stomach flu may be coming to an end.
For many, its a miserable but manageable ordeal.
In rare cases, the infection can become severe enough to result in hospitalization or even death.
A 3D illustration of norovirus particles.© Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library via Getty
About 100,000 Americans are hospitalized by norovirus, while 900 die from it every year.
Its an evenbigger issuein parts of the world with weaker sanitation and health programs.
Scientists havestruggled to developa successful norovirus vaccine.
The virus is also naturally hardy to our defences.
The candidate uses the same basic mRNA technology implemented in Modernas covid-19 vaccines to accomplish this.
So the majority of trial volunteers (20,000) will be over the age of 60.
Other companies are trialing their ownnorovirus vaccines for childrenas well, however.
Those interested in potentially participating can take a survey created by Modernahere.
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