ANN ARBOR -- Masks and hand hygiene could cut the spread of flu-like symptoms up to 75 percent, a University of Michigan study found. A new report shows the second-year results, from 2007-08) of the ...

People who wear face masks to protect against disease typically don't neglect other steps that safeguard their health such as washing hands, according to a new study. Some experts had worried that ...

With less than a week before Wake County elementary school students return to the classroom for the first time in more than seven months, school district administrators said Tuesday that now is the ...

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This past winter’s “tripledemic” – the convergence of flu, Covid-19, and RSV – is a case study on how community failure to adopt proven hygiene interventions is holding us back. The fact that hospital ...

Disinfecting surfaces, wiping down groceries, and washing our hands until they were raw was part of many Americans’ routine in the early days of the pandemic. One expert says all of those things ...

Way back in the early, whirlwind days of the pandemic, surfaces were the thing to worry about. The prevailing scientific wisdom was that the coronavirus spread mainly via large droplets, which fell ...

With the hantavirus scare reminding us of the importance of health precautions, it's time to revisit the essential lessons we ...