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“Winter either bites us with its teeth or lashes us with its tail.” -Proverb Harsh winters, especially the polar vortex-fueled bitter cold seasons that have been attacking much of the United States lately, take no prisoners when they settle in. Winters can be brutal on sensitive skin, causing itching and irritability during the year’s roughest […]

“Schools are germ candy stores.” – Dr. Harley Rotbart, author of “Germ Proof Your Kids.”   They hide in plain sights on keyboards, on desks, in the cold air on playgrounds, on the water fountain in the hallway and even on the covers of books in the library. As parents and teachers of sick children know […]

As we all know too painfully well, harmful germs live almost everywhere. These freeloading troublemakers (seriously, mobsters make better neighbors) hang out in nearly every public location imaginable and live with the devious mission of spreading their infectious and dangerous bacteria to any life source they come in contact with. Their parents must be so […]

“(This) could be just the tip of the iceberg in terms of severe cases.” – Mark Pallansch, virologist and director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Viral Diseases, on Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68). On the eve of the 2014-15 American flu and cold season, doctors and health care professionals are working to […]

Ever notice how usually the only folks not coughing and sneezing up a storm during cold and flu seasons are the people who spend the most time around germs, bacteria and viruses? They’re not magicians, they’re just doctors and nurses and experts on cold and flu defense plans. Medical professionals are exposed to sick people […]

Any product can claim to be a miracle drug. From cures for baldness to weight loss wonder pills, drug, nutrition and cosmetic store shelves are stock full of products making wild, often too good to be true claims. And as any informercial watcher can tell you, there is a lot of fiction writing in drug […]

What Exactly is the Norovirus? Norovirus has such an infamous name it’s often called worse than the flu. The ailment lives up to its reputation, derailing vacations, racking up sick days and leaving its subjects in painful misery. Unrelated to influenza, norovirus is an easily contagious virus spread from infected people, contaminated food or water, […]

Germs fly everywhere, logging more frequent flyer miles than the most on-the-go of business travelers.  And during the holiday season, there are few more disturbing thoughts for travelers than germs on the loose at 30,000 feet. There are few places on Earth where bacteria and illness are transmitted faster than a contained airplane cabin. The […]

Sneezes. Runny noses. Dirt on hands. Colds and infectious bacterias have no offseason in American schools, where they’re present from August through June. These enemies of education cause the country’s school kids to miss millions of days of school annually, and make teachers’ jobs of enlightening America’s future even harder. The National Center for Health […]

In this book, a must read for anyone in the healthcare field, Crouzat takes readers along Pittet’s personal journey and humanitarian crusade to educate the world on the immense, often life-or-death importance of good hand hygiene.