Sara Moniuszko is a health and lifestyle reporter at CBSNews.com. Previously, she wrote for USA Today, where she was selected to help launch the newspaper's wellness vertical. She now covers breaking ...

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Hospitals should be safe havens for healing, not breeding grounds for infection. Yet, one in 25 patients—that’s 1.7 million – contract hospital associated infections (HAIs) every year in the U.S.

Some everyday cleaning products may release hundreds of hazardous volatile organic compounds, known as VOCs, according to a new study. Breathing in VOCs can cause eye, nose and throat irritation, ...

Two carcinogens used in various industrial settings and in consumer products were banned Monday by the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA's new risk management rules ban all uses of ...

Discover the best non-toxic cleaning products that really work for every type of cleaning job in your home – from laundry to dishes to floors and everything in between. Shout. Lysol. Windex. Clorox.

Green cleaning is ecologically responsible and less harmful to your health and the environment. But will it get your house clean? Yes, say these professional Seattle-area cleaners. Here’s what you ...

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Matt Fuchs lives in Maryland and writes about health, science, and technology. Matt Fuchs lives in Maryland and writes about health, science, and technology. The pandemic inspired new vigilance about ...