A Merseyside dessert shop was given the worst possible food hygiene rating after a dirty spoon was found and inspectors said no one washed their hands. Fluff at 167 Laird Street in Birkenhead said it ...

Moisturizing may be top of mind during the colder months, but weather isn’t the only factor that leads to dry, cracked skin. Washing your hands, using hand sanitizer and doing dishes can also strip ...

A video showing a person serving raggi mudde to customers at a restaurant using his bare hands has triggered a heated discussion about safety norms, the use of gloves and which traditions must evolve.

Dear Heloise: My husband is in an assisted living facility. I keep an erasable white board in his room. When a visit or trip is planned, I write it on the board. It helps him remember, and the staff ...

Can a dishwasher – which is basically a glorified dish shower – really get your dishes as clean as washing them by hand? The research on this is crystal-clear: dishwashers get dishes much cleaner than ...

The wildly contagious norovirus — marked by vomiting, diarrhea, and stomach pain — is beginning to spread in the U.S. Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. Her work has previously appeared ...

If you're at a gathering this holiday season, two infection prevention specialists at Meritus Health have some advice for you. "Pass the gravy, not the flu," said Cathy Ware, BSN, RN. Tommie Blalock, ...

Dust mites are microscopic creatures resembling insects that survive on shed skin cells and inhabit carpets, bedding and furnishings - largely going undetected. Yet, their existence in your household ...

Imagine a hospital where one maternity ward's mothers died at five times the rate of another, and the difference was whether doctors carried the smell of corpses on their hands. In 1847 Vienna, Ignaz ...

CLEVELAND — Long lines formed early Friday morning as the annual two-day MedWish dental and medical clinic opened at the Huntington Convention Center in Cleveland, marking the start of a weekend ...