Simmons College

The Simmons College School for Health Studies and the College of Arts and Sciences and Professional Studies are pleased to announce the establishment of The Center for Hygiene and Health in Home and Community.

This Center is the first of its kind in the United States and will serve as a national and international resource for information and education, applied research, professional training and conferences. The Center will focus on issues relating to hygiene and infection control in areas such as:

• consumer food safety
• home hygiene
• daycare
• preschool
• homecare
• sports and leisure activity
• travel and hospitality

What's New

• National Children's Dental Health Month
• New Year's Resolutions: Sticking to the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans
• Haiti: Help and Communication Resources
• Watch Your Step! Ice Safety in The Winter
• Concerns Raised Over School Lunch Food Safety
  
• Pears or Peanuts: Pointers for Mailing Food Safely
• Information on H1N1 Swine Influenza (Flu) Updated Jan 13, 2010