As part of your child's upbringing you must educate your children on the basic hygiene practices (Photo: Shutterstock) Proper personal hygiene practices are not only good for you but also for your ...

Living with primary immunodeficiency (PI) doesn’t mean you need to treat every surface, public place, or social interaction as dangerous. But it does mean that everyday hygiene is especially important ...

Periodontitis, or gum disease, can turn up in an individual as a result of infections and inflammation of the gums. This can cause a lot of discomfort and, at its worst, can cause teeth to loosen and ...

Abel Ndego, the Acting Upper East Regional Head of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), has advised members of the public to ...

As a child, my parents constantly sang the song of hygiene practices which still rings in my ears to date. Funny enough, as siblings we even made a song out of it. As we danced along our cleaning song ...

Humans are not the only ones to teach their children good hygiene practices—mandrills do it too. In these primates, where many individuals are infected with contagious gastrointestinal parasites, some ...

As the COVID-19 outbreak spreads, we hear daily reminders of the importance of personal hygiene. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention directs people to, “Wash your hands often with soap and ...

This community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 1190 randomly selected rural households in northwest Ethiopia to assess hand hygiene practice and associated factors. Frequent ...