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For many citydwellers, parks are sanctuaries, But they may also be home to harmful pathogens.
Knowing this difference can help you troubleshoot your personal hygiene products.
Public toilets can be a ‘microbial soup’, especially when many people use them and they’re not cleaned frequently.
Whatever you do, don’t spray it with pure alcohol.
Think your socks are clean? You might need to think again. They can carry millions of bacteria and fungi – and even link suspects to crime scenes.
Most pool-related illnesses won’t kill you, but no one wants to spend their vacation or a week of beautiful summer days in the bathroom.
Foot washing is essential for health as well as hygiene
Selling products without packaging can lead to anti-environmental outcomes. It can also pose risks to hygiene and health.
The pace of investment to manage diseases transmissible from animals to humans is dangerously slow.
Showers help remove dirt, oil, dead skin cells and sweat from our skin.
Classifying people as either ‘poor’ or ‘not poor’ based on income oversimplifies poverty.
A new survey also found women were more likely than men to wash their hands before touching food – and after using the toilet.
No matter how messy the festival, keep your hands clean.
Nigeria is prone to a variety of factors that lead to recurring cholera outbreaks.
Hepatitis E is a global health problem with about 20 million cases occurring annually, three million symptomatic cases, and 60,000 deaths.
Gym equipment has multiple surfaces, nooks and crannies – all of which come into contact with many unwashed hands and sweaty bodies
While some people blanch at the thought of bed-sharing bed with a pet, others can’t sleep without their animal companions – an expert explains the pros and cons of sharing a bed with a pet (or two).
The struggle with open defecation is a silent emergency, undermining the continent’s efforts towards sustainable development goals.
Clean girl and old money aesthetics are aspirational viral trends on TikTok – but they bring back old ideas of performative hygiene.
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Senior Lecturer in Clinical Microbiology, University of Leicester
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Senior Lecturer in Animal Science, Nottingham Trent University
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Associate Professor in Public Health, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor, Genomics and Molecular Biology, Biomedical Sciences, Bond University; Murdoch University
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David King is a Friend of The Conversation.
Senior Lecturer in General Practice, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Dermatology, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Epidemiology Healthcare Infection and Infectious Diseases Control, UNSW
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Associate Professor of Surgery and Cancer Epidemiology, The Whiteley-Martin Research Centre, University of Sydney
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Helen Ross is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor of Rural Development, The University of Queensland, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
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Associate Professor of Emergency Health Services, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Distinguished Professor, Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Stellenbosch University
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George Dock Professor of Medicine, University of Michigan
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Evidence and Translation Lead, National Allergy Centre of Excellence; Chief Investigator, Centre of Food Allergy Research; Associate Professor and Group Leader, Childhood Allergy & Epidemiology Group, Child Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland
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Specialist General Practitioner, and Conjoint Senior Lecturer, UNSW