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

Hand washing is one of the best ways to keep kids healthy, but getting them to do it—and do it right—can be a challenge. But with the right tricks, you can turn this daily task into something your ...

As flu season surges on, there's an easy way to reduce your risk of getting sick: Wash your hands properly. It may seem like common sense, but handwashing is one of the most important of ways of ...

It is somewhat astonishing — inconceivable, even — that in the year 2025, with humanity having made astounding strides in so many areas that testify to our intelligence and resourcefulness and ...

Hand-washing takes less than half a minute, yet an estimated 97% of people do it wrong. That's a big problem since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says that one of the most ...

Way back in the early, whirlwind days of the pandemic, surfaces were the thing to worry about. The prevailing scientific wisdom was that the coronavirus spread mainly via large droplets, which fell ...

One major point the COVID-19 pandemic helped drive home is how important it is to wash your hands. Washing your hands is essential to good hygiene and stopping germs from spreading. Washing your hands ...