WASHINGTON -- Americans are putting themselves at risk of contracting a foodborne illness by not washing their hands properly when handling food, according to new research. Participants in a recent ...

A "sick season" preparedness kit full of tissues and cough drops can be beneficial this time of year. However, a simple, common-sense measure can help reduce your risk of plowing through your supplies ...

We’ve all been taught from a very young age that washing our hands is important. Apparently, this lesson didn’t quite stick for everyone. The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) ...

Washing your clothes by hand sounds like a tedious task — something that should’ve been eradicated from our daily lives when the washing machine was invented. If you don’t have a washer and dryer, ...

One major point the COVID-19 pandemic helped drive home is how important it is to wash your hands. Washing your hands is essential to good hygiene and stopping germs from spreading. Washing your hands ...

Hygiene practices have come a long way since the CDC first published national hygiene guidelines in the 1980s. With so much to keep track of, a nurse leader summarized some of the latest practice ...

Hand-washing takes less than half a minute, yet an estimated 97% of people do it wrong. That's a big problem since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says that one of the most ...