1 in 5 Australians admit they don't wash their hands every time they use the toilet
Do you wash your hands every time you use the toilet? How about before you handle food? Be honest.
Oct 18, 2024
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Environment and Public Health: News and Research on Hygiene
MeSH tree: N06.850.670
How can busy people also keep fit and healthy? Here's what the ancient Greeks and Romans did
Many people today worry about how to find time to keep fit and healthy in the midst of their busy lives. Believe it or not, but this was also a problem in ancient times.
Jun 5, 2024
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Norovirus spikes across the Northeast
The "stomach bug" is unfortunately making the rounds these days. Norovirus rates in the Northeast are now at their highest levels since April, according to the CDC. The positive "stomach flu" rates in the Northeast are currently ...
Feb 27, 2024
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Hand and surface viral load strongly correlated with COVID-19 infection risk in UK households
A National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London study has confirmed that hands and surfaces could potentially transmit SARS-CoV-2 in a household setting. Published in The Lancet Microbe, the study, "Risk factors ...
Dangerous hitchhikers: Visualizing how we spread COVID-19 within our homes
While COVID-19 can be transmitted via contact with contaminated objects, most studies have focused on airborne droplet transmission. Against this backdrop, scientists from Japan conducted detailed computational simulations ...
Mar 17, 2023
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Study suggests portable thermal imaging could help assess hand hygiene technique among health care professionals
Findings from a pilot study published today in the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC) suggest that portable thermal imaging cameras might provide a new approach to assessing and improving hand-hygiene practices ...
Sep 15, 2022
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