A microbiologist on the deadly germs lurking in your kitchen and why you need to wash tea towels and dishcloths more often.
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The filthy secrets of hotel rooms and why you might want to pack disinfectant on your next trip.
Urine therapies have been used across cultures for millennia (notably at times when modern medical alternatives weren’t available). Do they still have a place today?
Public restrooms can be scary when it comes to coronavirus, and they get scarier when you look at how the virus spreads. A doctor explains how to stay safe when you’re traveling and really gotta go.
With hand-washing top of mind, soap is an integral part of keeping clean. But people through the ages relied on earlier forms of soap more for cleaning objects than for personal hygiene.
A Hungarian obstetrician was the first to nail down the importance of handwashing to stop the spread of infectious disease.
Despite awareness of the importance of hand washing, most people often fail to do it properly.
Dirt blindness is used by some to excuse men for spending a third as much time as women cleaning. A new study shows it’s a myth.
The mouse who tidied the shed he lives in fascinated human viewers, but cleanliness isn’t a virtue unique to humans.
While we move soap around, it lifts up invisible oil that holds germs onto your hand.
The average office desk is said to contain 400 times more germs than a toilet seat.
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Senior Lecturer in Clinical Microbiology, University of Leicester
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Associate Professor of Science & Medicine, Bond University
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Associate Professor, Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Lecturer in Food Safety, Food Quality and Environmental Management, Cardiff Metropolitan University
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Principal lecturer in the School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University
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Lecturer in Psychology, Newcastle University
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Professor of Epidemiology Healthcare Infection and Infectious Diseases Control, UNSW Sydney
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Research Fellow, ZERO2FIVE Food Industry Centre, Cardiff Metropolitan University
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Professor of Sociology and Founding Director of The Future of Work Lab, The University of Melbourne
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, Emory University
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Marketing Officer, Cardiff Metropolitan University
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Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia
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Visiting Lecturer of History, Georgia State University
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Professor of History, Mississippi State University
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Senior Teaching Fellow, Medical Program, Bond University
