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If your New Year energy is somewhere between “I want to become my best self” and “I just want my bathroom to feel nicer,” the ...

If you’ve got reusable dishes, utensils, cups, bowls, pots and pans and other kitchen items, you have to clean them. How you clean them, however, can be up for debate. Some people are adamant about ...

You've likely never thought about hand soap more than just browsing the grocery store aisles when you run out. But after almost two years of washing our hands incessantly (at least we hope so), it's ...

Hand washing is one of the best ways to keep kids healthy, but getting them to do it—and do it right—can be a challenge. But with the right tricks, you can turn this daily task into something your ...

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 ...

My father the doctor maintained that hand-washing was our family’s single greatest obligation to one another and to the world. Is there any hope we’ll all keep doing it? By Nancy Stearns Bercaw My ...