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There are a number of significant trends occurring right now in hard floor care, a few of which are part of an ongoing “concrete revolution” says Mark Warner, CMI education manager at ISSA. The origins of concrete can be traced back thousands of years even before ancient Roman civilization, which used the composite material for…

Influenza activity ebbs and flows based on any number of factors, but it tends to grow momentum in October and November, peaking between December and February, before finally trickling off. But, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, flu season can last as late as May, which means facility professionals should never…

It’s officially spring, which means longer days, changing temperatures and, of course, spring cleaning. While cleaning out your house may seem like a gargantuan task, many funny folks on Twitter have proven that the annual tradition is rife with opportunities for humor. Below find 40 hilarious tweets about spring cleaning ― and cleaning all year…

ABOUT NATIONAL PET DAY National Pet Day was founded in 2006 by Pet & Family Lifestyle Expert, Animal Welfare Advocate Colleen Paige, to celebrate the joy pets bring to our lives and to create public awareness about the plight of many different kinds of animals awaiting a forever home in shelters and rescues all around…

Outbreaks of mosquito-borne illnesses like yellow fever, dengue, Zika and chikungunya are rising around the world. Climate change has created conditions favorable to mosquitoes’ spread, but so have human travel and migration and accelerating urbanization, creating new mini-habitats for mosquitoes. In today’s Nature Microbiology, a large group of international collaborators combined these factors into prediction…

Home healthcare workers’ beliefs about infection prevention influence whether they comply with prevention protocols more than their actual knowledge of how to comply, according to new research published in the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC), the journal of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC). Based on these findings, the researchers…

How often do you bathe in a week? Well, if you’re U.K.-born fashion designer Vivienne Westwood you get in the shower once a week, a decision she attributes to helping her stay young – so is she onto something? According to The Independent, the 76-year-old spoke to reporters after the Andreas Kronthaler for Vivienne Westwood…

When is Easter 2019? Unlike Halloween, Christmas and Valentine’s Day which all fall on fixed dates, Easter can be anytime between March 22 and April 25. In 2019 it falls on Sunday, April 21. Good Friday is therefore April 19, and the Easter Monday bank holiday is on April 22. The date is decided by…

A battle is waging about how often and how carefully we should wash our hands. Many allergy experts say it is vital for our future health and that of our children to reduce hand washing and allow friendly microbes back into our mouths. Some authors go as far as urging us to eat dirt. But…

Universal health coverage is WHO’s number one goal. Key to achieving it is ensuring that everyone can obtain the care they need, when they need it, right in the heart of the community. Progress is being made in countries in all regions of the world. But millions of people still have no access at all…