Nurses are more conscientious handwashers than doctors, finds a study in this week's Christmas issue of the BMJ. Hand washing is a quick, cheap and easy way of preventing the spread of infection.

My Silver City native friend, Marius Kendall, now lives in California and we still communicate via email. Advice about how to beat the coronavirus is prevalent. Marius emailed a fascinating article to ...

BALTIMORE (WJZ) --Would you believe it if we told you that plain old soap and water doesn't kill germs, yet it is the single most cost-effective way of preventing yourself or anyone else from ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up The World Health Organization says hand hygiene is the most ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — You may think everyone washes their hands in a universal way with soap and lots of water, but a new survey shows that doesn’t happen to be the case. Although ninety-three percent ...

Handwashing is a routine habit for eliminating dirt and germs most of us encounter daily. But despite the health benefits of hand hygiene, a survey finds that a large segment of people wash their ...

Running from patient room to patient room, it can be surprisingly easy for doctors and nurses to forget to wash their hands, especially if they’re dealing with an emergency. Hospitals have been ...

People are stocking up on hand sanitizer but soap and water is the gold standard for preventing disease. The new coronavirus comes encased in a layer of fat, or lipid envelope, which soap can break ...

MINNEAPOLIS — A collage of six photos has been circling the internet, detailing what's left on your hands after washing them for different lengths of time. The pictures show a hand under UV light ...

Every cold and flu season, doctors never fail to remind us that one of the best defenses against the common cold, flu, and other icky illnesses is as simple as it gets: washing your hands. But believe ...

You've likely never thought about hand soap more than just browsing the grocery store aisles when you run out. But after almost two years of washing our hands incessantly (at least we hope so), it's ...