Almost half of hospital visitors skip washing their hands after using the toilet. If that’s happening in hospitals, imagine the hygiene at festivals and beaches.
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Taking a bath may not be your favorite thing to do, but it will help keep you clean and healthy.
So far, fewer than half of US children and older adults have been vaccinated during this year’s high-severity flu season.
You can get norovirus any time of the year, but it spreads most during the winter.
A new survey also found women were more likely than men to wash their hands before touching food – and after using the toilet.
Nigeria is prone to a variety of factors that lead to recurring cholera outbreaks.
Keeping guests safe involves far more than just careful cooking − hand-washing, keeping work surfaces clean, safe handling and proper storage are also key ingredients.
Your mobile phone is 10 times dirtier than a toilet seat. Here’s what to do about it.
For one, washing your hands is unlikely to prevent COVID spread.
After two years of COVID-19, it’s understandable that many people are weary of infection prevention measures. But simply being tired of the pandemic is no reason to let our guard down.
The risk of getting the coronavirus from a surface is low. But the frequent hand-washing from early in the pandemic is a good thing since most people weren’t washing their hands enough to begin with.
People sneeze for many reasons and in many ways. One of them is to protect your airways from irritants and infectious disease.
Early reports suggested an apparent increase in OCD relapse rates and symptom severity during the pandemic. But a year on, we’re learning this may not be the case.
Washing your hands with soap and water for 20 seconds is the best way to prevent yourself getting sick. And don’t use hand sanitiser.
Why is socio-economic inequality so threatening to complex societies and how can archaeology inform public policies for mitigating it?
The expression to “wash one’s hands of responsibility” comes from Christian scripture and has been part of a toxic legacy of blaming Jews for Jesus’s death.
What side are you on, paper or dryer? In either case, here’s the bottom line on what to do after using the toilet.
When people start to hear that global case numbers are improving, there’s a tendency to relax — and that’s risky.
Rollout of COVID-19 vaccines has begun. But getting the jab doesn’t mean abandoning masks, distancing and handwashing. Here’s why the current preventive measures must continue post-vaccine.
It’s draining and depressing to stay on high alert month after month after month. Understanding pandemic fatigue better might help you strengthen your resolve.
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