Hand-washing works One major point the COVID-19 pandemic helped drive home is how important it is to wash your hands. Washing ...

In 2009, the World Health Organization (WHO) established May 5 as World Hand Hygiene Day — a day to remind people across the ...

In a 2011 study, three groups of volunteers were examined after touching door handles and hand railings in public spaces. The first group didn't wash at all, the second washed with plain water ...

In a 2011 study, three groups of volunteers were examined after touching door handles and hand railings in public spaces. The first group didn't wash at all, the second washed with plain water ...

Thanks to a parade of patients coming through all day, most things in a doctor’s office harbor germs or bacteria—especially the sign-in ... Hand washing after touching animals or interacting ...