Want to avoid cold and flu this season? Read this to make sure you're washing your hands properly.

This is the story of a man whose ideas could have saved a lot of lives and spared countless numbers of women and newborns' feverish and agonizing deaths. You'll notice I said "could have." The year ...

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

RICHMOND, Va. -- We all know hand washing is important, but many of us could do a better job scrubbing more often and the right way, according to five medical organizations that have come together to ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I use a beauty bar for hand-washing. Am I just giving the virus et al. a spa day and I need to also use a hand sanitizer? -- M.C. ANSWER: Humans like scented beauty bars, but viruses ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You've likely never thought about hand soap more than just browsing the grocery store aisles when you run out. But after almost ...

Washing your hands in the morning is not enough. We all need to be washing our hands multiple times a day, according to Dr. David Itkin, infectious disease expert at Portsmouth Regional Hospital.

Everyone knows that they are supposed to wash their hands after using the toilet, but does that advice only apply when using a public toilet? Since whatever came out of the person is technically ...

Dear Dr. Douma: An elderly relative spends time petting his dog and then goes directly to the refrigerator for food without washing his hands. But when I say something to him, he either insists that ...

Maryland is starting to keep tabs on how often doctors and nurses wash their hands at hospitals. Officials said Tuesday they're creating teams of staff members at most of the state's hospitals to ...