Health

How to prevent gym germs this summer

Whether it's your first time at the gym or you're an experienced lifter, it's important to remember good gym hygiene. Melanie McNeal, physical and occupational therapy manager at Baylor College of Medicine, shares tips on ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Judging a 'clean face' for trachoma

Part of the control strategy for trachoma—repeated eye infections caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis—is facial cleanliness. Now, researchers reporting in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases have shown that properly ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Hospital infections kill 200 daily in US

People who are hospitalized in the United States risk acquiring healthcare-associated infections, which kill 75,000 patients per year, US health authorities said Wednesday.