As shoppers look for products to help protect against an outbreak, they are increasingly finding empty shelves.
Tag: Hygiene and Cleanliness
Huge Shelters for Coronavirus Patients Pose New Risks, Experts Fear
It’s not clear how patients are screened or treated in China’s makeshift wards, nor even how long they are to remain.
How Not to Get Sick While Traveling
Do masks work? It depends. Health professionals offer some tips on how to stay healthy while on the move.
Face Mask Hoarders May Raise Risk of Coronavirus Outbreak in the U.S.
Stores are selling out of masks, and health care workers risk infection if they cannot get the protective gear.
An H.I.V. Outbreak Puts Spotlight on Pakistan’s Health Care System
After the reuse of syringes infected hundreds of children in a small city, health workers say the entire system needs to be revamped.
Why Are These Medical Instruments So Tough to Sterilize?
Duodenoscopes have sickened hundreds of patients in hospital outbreaks. Now some experts are demanding the devices be redesigned or taken off the market.
deadly germs, Lost cures: In a Poor Kenyan Community, Cheap Antibiotics Fuel Deadly Drug-Resistant Infections
Overuse of the medicines is not just a problem in rich countries. Throughout the developing world antibiotics are dispensed with no prescription required.
5 Children Die of Food Poisoning in Pakistan, Spurring Food Safety Concerns
In Karachi, five children from one family died of food poisoning on Friday, the latest of several incidents causing an outcry over lax enforcement of safety laws.
In China, Bill Gates Encourages the World to Build a Better Toilet
The Microsoft co-founder’s Reinvented Toilet Expo featured innovative approaches to a global problem — the fact that billions have no access to safe sanitation.