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Did You Wash Your Hands? New Study Says You're Probably Doing It All Wrong
A study shows that 97% of the time we're swashing our hands wrong, which can lead to contamination of food and surfaces, and result illness.
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A study shows that 97% of the time we're swashing our hands wrong, which can lead to contamination of food and surfaces, and result illness.
About 90 percent were more than 60 years of age, about 95 percent were insured and about 83 percent were receiving hospice or similar care.
The typical instructions before surgery had been nothing to eat or drink after midnight. Now, doctors are saying you can have something to drink up to two hours before.
A woman claims that drinking dog urine cleared her skin of acne and helped her overcome depression in new viral video.
A child in Venezuela who was reported to have a common symptom of polio does not have the viral disease, World Health Organization said.
Alabama, California, Florida, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Tennessee have been added to the list of states where cut melon may be contaminated with salmonella, the US Food and Drug Administration said Thursday. This brings the total number of states to 23.
Health professionals are issuing a disturbing warning about common medications after finding that hundreds of drugs are putting people at risk of developing depression.
A potentially deadly brain-eating amoeba has been found again in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana.
A child in Elmore County, Idaho is recovering from plague in the first human case of the bacterial disease in Idaho since 1992.
A five-year-old girl in Mississippi temporarily lost the ability to walk after she developed "tick paralysis," a rare condition caused by tick bites.
A new federal government survey found that about one-quarter of Americans "acquire" nearly 1,300 calories at work every week.
In the wake of Kate Spade's and Anthony Bourdain's suicide, a newly released study says suicide rates have increased nearly 30 percent in the U.S. in the last 20 years.
Grace Lynn Whited was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma just one month before turning 4. At the end of May, her family noticed something was wrong.
An additional 25 people have become ill from eating lettuce contaminated with E. coli, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday.
Another wildfire in El Dorado County on Wednesday has forced evacuations in the Cameron Park area.
The fire is burning northwest of Slate Mountain in the Eldorado National Forest.
A Redding firefighter, on the frontlines battling the Park Fire, became a victim of crime while he worked alongside a hand crew in the remote footprint of California's fourth largest fire in history.
Students at Lincoln Unified returned to class, but this time without their cell phones.
Costco is installing scanners at all of the retailer's stores to discourage non-members from shopping at its warehouse clubs.
Mark Orr, the Sacramento State athletics director, was appointed to a new role on the NCAA Division I Football Championship Committee, the university announced Thursday.
Mayor Darrell Steinberg said Tuesday that Rio City Café in Old Sacramento will close on Saturday.
Emergency repair work is continuing on a Sacramento street after a large sinkhole caused a city truck to get stuck.
A man was convicted of first-degree murder in the 2020 shooting death of a mother of four in Sacramento, prosecutors said Thursday.
Millions of dollars are about to be handed out to help keep kids safe in Sacramento, and a workshop was held to ask people how the funding should be spent.
Six years later, the trauma caused by the devastating 2018 Camp Fire in California's Butte County is being relived by residents in the path of the Park Fire.
Northern California's Park Fire continues to grow, but it still would need to more than double in size to eclipse the state's largest-ever wildfire.
Chevron Corporation announced Friday it would relocate its headquarters from San Ramon to Houston, Texas before the end of the year.
Thomas Neverkovec, owner of the Bambi Inn in Butte Meadows and a former firefighter, is staying put despite mandatory evacuation orders because of the Park Fire.
How the largest wildfires of the year — including the Park Fire — get their names comes down to simple geography. But not all incidents are easy to map.
Andrew Benintendi hit a two-run homer and the Chicago White Sox snapped their American League record-tying losing streak at 21 games on Tuesday night, beating the Oakland Athletics 5-1.
James Wood homered, tripled and scored four runs, and the Washington Nationals erased a quick four-run deficit to beat the San Francisco Giants 11-5 on Tuesday night.
Amit Elor's dominance was very real to her opponents. She had a 31-2 advantage over four matches and was not scored upon in her final three contests.
Two weeks after the San Francisco 49ers reported to training camp there has been no change in the status of Brandon Aiyuk despite trade rumors swirling around the star disgruntled wide receiver.
The A's beat the White Sox 5-1 Monday night for Chicago's 21st straight loss, tying an American League record.
VP pick Tim Walz told the crowd, "in the White House, I'll have Vice President Harris' back every single day, and we'll have yours."
A Pakistani national with ties to the Iranian government has been arrested and charged with plotting a murder-for-hire scheme targeting U.S. government officials and politicians.
Kamala Harris has selected Tim Walz, the popular two-term governor of Minnesota, as her VP running mate, selecting a Midwestern Democrat to join her on the ticket.
The day after the shooting at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania, the internet saw a huge spike in calls for violence, and in particular an increase in calls for a modern-day civil war, researchers say.
Kamala Harris received 99% of the delegate votes in the Democratic National Committee's early virtual roll call vote, which ended Monday evening.
Perchlorate is found in a wide variety of foods, especially products popular with babies and kids, advocacy group says.
Compared with a year ago, 3.4 million more Americans do not have health insurance.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex's Archewell Foundation is launching a new initiative, the Parents' Network, to support parents whose children have been victimized by harmful online content, from social media bullying to suicide ideation.
Portion control is key, say researchers in examining levels of lead, cadmium and arsenic in cocoa-laden products.
Defective carbon monoxide detectors and flammable sleepwear are among the recalled products cited in a federal report.
A Stockton gas station owner took it upon himself to keep prices low. At Ernie's General Store, the cash price for a gallon of gas is $3.99.
The federal government announced Wednesday that it will keep interest rates where they are for now, but that could change in the next few weeks.
CBS13 and the Call Kurtis consumer investigative team are on the lookout for the best back-to-school deals so that parents and families can save money.
There are big dreams to bring big development and business to Citrus Heights. The Sunrise Tomorrow Specific Plan is expected to transform the aging Sunrise Mall into a new central hub for the community with a main street, hotels, housing and more.
Customers are speaking out about their experience with the Flashfood app and how they've managed to save a few bucks.
Lawmakers quietly amended a bill prompted by a decade-long CBS investigation into California's Newborn Genetic Biobank. They removed the part that requires the state to reveal who is using our DNA for research and why.
The doctor who was released from jail after driving his family off a cliff is being called the "poster child" for and against a California law that allows attempted murder defendants to get at-home mental health treatment instead of standing trial for alleged crimes.
It was an emotional day in court for many who lived through the shootout and Abril's later escape.
Instead of facing trial for attempted murder, the Pasadena doctor accused of trying to kill his wife and kids by driving their Tesla off a cliff was released on Monday.
Emails obtained by CBS News California Investigates reveal the Governor's Chief of Staff did not want to negotiate with the initiative coalition unless they agreed to postpone their ballot measure until 2026.
American credit card debt hit a record Tuesday, especially impacting younger adults who are putting more on their credit cards.
A Salida homeowner contacted CBS13 and the Call Kurtis consumer investigative team to tell us that she was charged for flooring she never received.
The federal government announced Wednesday that it will keep interest rates where they are for now, but that could change in the next few weeks.
A Modesto woman said her home insurance company of nearly 40 years abruptly canceled her coverage over what it spotted from a drone's view high above her Central Valley property.
CBS13 and the Call Kurtis consumer investigative team are on the lookout for the best back-to-school deals so that parents and families can save money.
Another wildfire in El Dorado County on Wednesday has forced evacuations in the Cameron Park area.
A new wildfire is prompting evacuation orders and warnings in El Dorado County Wednesday morning.
Crews are still at work to contain California's fourth largest wildfire in history, the Park Fire, which has threatened four counties over two weeks and burned more than 406,000 acres.
At least one structure is threatened as crews are working to gain control of a grass fire that has burned roughly 100 acres near the Sacramento International Airport on Monday.
Northern California's Park Fire continues to grow, but it still would need to more than double in size to eclipse the state's largest-ever wildfire.
Kids and teens in Stockton are flocking to a program that's offering them the opportunity of a lifetime.
More than one hundred customers came out to celebrate the grand reopening of a restaurant that's been around for seven decades.
Pursuing higher education can be challenging for any college-bound student and for former foster youth, doing it alone can seem impossible.
A celebration at Sacramento Charter High on Thursday as college-bound seniors announced their campus of choice and 95% were accepted into four-year schools.
A bank employee in Lodi has some big bragging rights. He's never missed a day of work in his 47 years on the job and now he's getting ready to retire.
Another wildfire in El Dorado County on Wednesday has forced evacuations in the Cameron Park area.
Find out what kind of weather we're expecting the rest of the weeks.
Our produce man Michael Marks has the best deals in seasonal fruits and veggies.
The boy was last seen at Camp Far West Lake on Tuesday.
The new wildfire is burning in El Dorado County.