Washing your hands is a given if you want to avoid germs—but it's especially important after touching these microbe magnets.

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This virus looks and acts like the flu, but it isn’t — What is adenovirus? Scientists say that a common technique for applying hand sanitizer, one recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Proper handwashing could save a million lives a year, according to an expert — and yet many people are doing it improperly, often due to misconceptions surrounding the practice. Doctors recommend ...

The latest hand hygiene performance measures from Alberta Health Services show Edmonton hospitals went from worst to near-benchmark for how regularly hospital staff wash their hands over the past six ...

If you think the grim coronavirus death toll is causing health care workers everywhere to always wash their hands, think again. Surprisingly, the Covid pandemic may not have significantly boosted ...

Handwashing remains one of the most effective ways to prevent infections. It breaks the chain of transmission, reduces ...

It is Global Handwashing Awareness Day, a reminder that while many think they know how to wash their hands, there is some important nuance to it. Local 4 Dr. Frank McGeorge explains the difference ...

Washing your hands in the morning is not enough. We all need to be washing our hands multiple times a day, according to Dr. David Itkin, infectious disease expert at Portsmouth Regional Hospital.