While humidifiers provide real relief, many people aren’t entirely sure how they work or how to use them safely. Here’s what to know.

For those of us whose skin in the winter gets as scaly as a lizard’s, home humidifiers might sound essential. But humidifiers are more complicated to use and care for than some other household ...

You may think you’re just adding moisture back into the air, but if you don’t know how to clean a humidifier, running the machine could actually be causing a major problem in your household. “Stagnant ...