Category: HEALTHY HOME

Don’t clean your washing machine with vinegar – the best cleaning hacks to use instead

How to clean the filter The debris filter acts as a barrier to protect your machine’s pump from lint, tissues, coins and other dirt. This area often gets hot, and if bacteria starts to grow, it can lead to smelly washing. Be sure to empty this regularly, removing all fluff and dirt that has gathered […]

COVID-19: How effective are cleaning products in disinfecting contaminated surfaces and its best-using practice

Sanitizing homes, and surfaces repeatedly have become a regular practice in the pandemic era. The chore is more important, especially when sharing a home with an infected person as the virus is in circulation and often family members have to use the same washroom and kitchen. Although a lot of disinfectants claiming to kill the […]

6 Questionable Things We Did At The Beginning of the Pandemic | Z100 New York

Let’s set the scene. It’s March 2020. We’re all stuck at home with nothing to do. We start behaving…strangely. Doing things we’ve never done before. Taking on tasks we have no experience with. Becoming a version of ourselves we do not recognize. These are some of the things we obsessed over when “unprecedented times” was […]

Here’s the latest on wildfires burning in New Mexico

McBride Fire – RuidosoA wildfire burning near Ruidoso has burned more than 200 homes and has killed two people trying to flee the flames as evacuations were ordered.The fire started on Tuesday near Warrior Drive and Hull Road in Ruidoso. The fire spread very rapidly on Tuesday as strong winds in the area gusted to […]

Yuck – 5 Surprising Places Germs Can Live in Your Office

5 Surprising Places Germs Can Live in Your Office and How to Reduce the Risk The average workplace is a breeding ground for germs. It’s true– the average person carries about 100 different kinds of bacteria on their body. The only way to stay healthy and prevent the spread of germs is to maintain a […]

Debunking Myths About House Cleaning

By RAJVARDHAN PATIL Cleaning may appear to be a simple task that can be completed without much thought about how to do it correctly. However, with the threat of COVID-19 still looming, it is critical to understand the truth behind certain myths about cleaning and disinfecting in order to keep viruses and bacteria out of […]

Colorado’s federal COVID aid was lifeline to hospitals, health care industry

There is no masking when it comes to dental work. Mouths agape, every patient is a potential coronavirus spreader who can grind a dentist’s office to a halt in a matter of days. It happened to Blanchard & Richardson Family Dentistry, where just a single hygienist forced to quarantine with a COVID-19 infection meant up […]

6 Questionable Things We Did At The Beginning of the Pandemic

Let’s set the scene. It’s March 2020. We’re all stuck at home with nothing to do. We start behaving…strangely. Doing things we’ve never done before. Taking on tasks we have no experience with. Becoming a version of ourselves we do not recognize. These are some of the things we obsessed over when “unprecedented times” was […]

GET READY FOR GOBBLERS | State

Timing alone would make it special. Pennsylvania’s upcoming spring gobbler season – the state’s only big-game hunt outside of fall and winter – takes place when the world seems new, freshly green and alive. This year’s season begins on Saturday, April 23 with a one-day hunt for junior and youth mentored hunters, then runs from […]

At least one case of norovirus on Miami’s campus

In an email to the Miami University community on Tuesday, April 12, University Communications said norovirus is present on campus. “At least one of the gastrointestinal illnesses (“stomach bug”) reported by students during the past week is caused by norovirus,” the email read. Norovirus is the most common cause of acute gastroenteritis, commonly known as […]