These 17 food establishments scored 84 or below, with violations including roaches, sewage, expired food and unwashed hands.

Experts offer advice on how often to clean your shower curtain and proper methods for keeping bacteria and mold at bay.

After a Feb. 19 inspection, the Springfield-Greene County Health Department put a restaurant on a risk control plan.

Studies suggest the final step of handwashing—drying—may undo your efforts, as hand dryers can create more hygiene problems than they solve.

Other violations included rodent droppings, roaches and an employee seen adjusting hair and piercing without washing hands before handling food.

Among other problems: “numerous flying insects,” breading left out overnight and “handwashing” without soap or hot water.

To end February, the Virginia Department of Health reports an uptick in Norovirus-like outbreaks. VDH’s latest numbers show that across the state of Virginia, 13 ...

A man fatally stabbed four people in Washington state on Tuesday morning as sheriff's deputies were on their way to hand him a domestic violence protection order, authorities said. The suspect died ...

A coffee shop, Indian restaurant and old-school diner had some of the most health code violations in the metro recently.

While soap and water remain the gold standard when hands are visibly dirty or after restroom use, alcohol-based sanitizers containing 60 to 95 percent alcohol serve as a powerful and effective backup ...