It’s a laundry crisis out there– and it would turn out that millions of people are letting their most delicate clothes gather ...

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Freed British Hamas hostage Emily Damari's defiant hand gesture has already become a meme, and one well-wisher has even had it tattooed onto his calf. In an inspirational video posted to X/Twitter ...

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One study looked at a spate of norovirus outbreaks at nursing homes in New England during the winter of 2006–07, and found that locations where staff made regular use of hand sanitizers were at ...

A cleaning expert from household cleaning products company has revealed that one in five Brits wash clothes weekly - even if they aren't dirty. However, there are several inexpensive and simple ...

UK households are being advised to boil wash clothing and bedding in January to ward off a contagious sickness bug ... towels or flannels and to disinfect surfaces or objects using a bleach-based ...

Learning how to hand wash clothes is an important, if somewhat unexpected, part of modern life – particularly if you want to avoid exposing your most delicate (and expensive!) lingerie, swimwear and ...