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Going out to eat should be a treat, but we never know how clean the restaurant’s ice dispenser is or if the person preparing our food has washed their hands recently – and that can mean trouble.Even though germs are everywhere and most of them are harmless, some of them can make us sick. So if there are simple strategies to stay safer when we’re dining out, why not use them? That’s why Raj Punjabi and Noah Michelson, hosts ofHuffPost’s Am I Doing It Wrong? podcast,asked microbiologistJason Tetro, aka The Germ Guy, to brief us on what might be lurking at our tables and in

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There are two kinds of people when it comes to storing food: those who put everything they buy directly into the fridge or freezer and throw out any food that’s within a day of a sell-by date, and those who take a more relaxed view.Is their ketchup out on the counter? You bet it is, perhaps sitting next to some hot sauce and a package of tortillas. It’s a scene that might make a germophobe cringe.But who’s right? It depends on the food in question, experts say. “Where to store food is exactly the kind of everyday issue where small misunderstandings can lead to real consequences,” said Darin Detwiler, professor of food policy and corporate social responsibility at Northeastern University.Many people think that keeping food in the fridge will keep it fresh longer, but he said the purpose of refrigeration is more of a strategy to control risk. “Th

Nicki Minaj speaks to the crowd during the launch of Trump Accounts at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium.Kemi Badenoch has said it was “very flattering” to be praised by Nicki Minaj for monstering Wes Streeting in the Commons.A video of the Tory leader mocking the then health secretar

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Wes Streeting and Andy Burnham.Wes Streeting vowed that the UK will one day rejoin the European Union as Labour Brexit splits burst into the open again.The former health secretary, who quit the cabinet last week in protest at Keir Starmer’s leadership, said the decision to quit the EU had been a “catastrophic mistake”.

Wes Streeting and Lisa Nandy when they were in the cabinet together.Lisa Nandy has slapped down Wes Streeting after he said the UK should rejoin the European Union.The former health secretary, who quit the cabinet on Thursday, said Britain needs “a new special relationship with the EU”.The Labo