Washing your hands is one of the crucial ways we can all help limit the spread of Covid-19. Regularly and thoroughly washing your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, or using an alcohol ...

Soap is an important part of everyone’s cleaning and wellness routine, but it's more important than ever now. Avoiding germs and keeping your hands sanitized should be your top priority, aside from ...

As we move into cold and flu season, handwashing is more important than ever. It means that we’re going through soap more quickly and we’re thinking about the sorts of hand soap we will keep stocked ...

People who wash their hands with contaminated soap from bulk-soap-refillable dispensers can increase the number of disease-causing microbes on their hands and may play a role in transmission of ...

People were washing their hands so much early in the pandemic that sensitive skin and soap shortages were common problems in 2020. All this focus on hand-washing was for good reason. The science ...

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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 ...

More than 70 people got sick in a norovirus outbreak on a Royal Caribbean cruise, marking 19 outbreaks of gastrointestinal ...

Leading hygiene experts are stressing the importance of effective hand hygiene measures and education in schools as children begin returning to educational settings following the COVID-19 pandemic.

The "handscape" is a territory filled with hideouts. Islands of grease give shelter to cold and flu viruses. Seen under ultraviolet light, simulated germs glow from a hand’s wrinkles, cuticles, ...

Look out for buzz words, like “moisturizing,” “nourishing,” and “hydrating,” which are often affiliated with certain skincare ...