Your hands are essential tools when working in the kitchen, but they can spread dangerous bacteria that can make people sick. Knives and other items that come into contact with raw meat should be washed with hot, soapy water after every use. The juices that collect on cutting boards can contain E. coli and other dangerous bacteria that can make you seriously ill. Regularly wash them with hot soapy water. Wipe up spills immediately with hot, soapy water, and rinse.

The pandemic has been a historic jolt to life as we know it, but less people traveling has actually helped the environment. Emissions that heat the earth fell more than 10 percent in the US in 2020, the guardian reports. New figures show that a record drop has been caused by major reductions in travel and industrial activity because of the pandemic. The new estimate by Rhodium Group shows that this is the largest annual drop in emissions since the second world war and this puts U.S. carbon pollution at its lowest level in three decades. The study does point out that the emissions reductions came at a huge cost and will likely rebound as vaccines are distributed.