Don Schaffner wants you to understand that your hands are never going to be clean. He should know — over the past 20 years, he has published multiple research papers investigating the minutia of ...

Hand hygiene is one of the simplest and most effective ways to prevent the spread of infections and diseases. Despite its importance, many myths exist, such as that using only water is enough or that ...

Melissa Hawkins receives funding from USDA and the Luce Foundation. People were washing their hands so much early in the pandemic that sensitive skin and soap shortages were common problems in 2020.

Never before have so many of us been so attentive to the cleanliness of our hands. With the quest to avoid COVID-19, we can't so much as enter a supermarket without magic fluid being squirted into our ...

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Hand washing has never been as important as it is right now. Since COVID-19 changed our world as we know it, hand washing has become not only a basic hygiene habit but one that will keep germs away ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I offer straight talk on science, medicine, health and vaccines. Behavior change is hard. Most people haven’t been washing their ...

My father the doctor maintained that hand-washing was our family’s single greatest obligation to one another and to the world. Is there any hope we’ll all keep doing it? By Nancy Stearns Bercaw My ...

THE message has been crystal clear since Coronavirus arrived in the UK - we all need to wash our hands more. But are hand driers in public toilets safe to use? And what's the best way to wash your ...