The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) highlights frequent hand hygiene as one of the most important acts in preventing disease. Hand hygiene includes washing and sanitizing hands. Let us review these ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Today is Global Handwashing Day, which is held every year to help raise awareness about the importance of washing our hands. According to the CDC, regularly washing your hands can ...

Observing Global Handwashing Day has never been more important than during a pandemic that could be stemmed, in part, by everyone taking hand hygiene seriously. Observing Global Handwashing Day has ...

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 ...

CHENANGO COUNTY - Handwashing is a simple and effective way to prevent infections. It’s important to understand when to wash your hands, how to properly use hand sanitizer, and how to encourage your ...

With holiday gatherings around the corner and COVID-19 and influenza (flu) cases on the rise, proper handwashing is more important than ever. Hand hygiene helps stop the spread of germs that cause ...

Every year, May 5 marks World Hand Hygiene Day, an initiative by the World Health Organization (WHO) to remind everyone—from healthcare professionals to the general public—about the critical role that ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. INDIANAPOLIS — With the holidays and winter ...

174 years ago in the city of Vienna, a young Hungarian doctor named Ignaz Semmelweis stumbled across a link between pathogens on the hand and the spread of communicable diseases. Beyond the medical ...

Read full article: Buena Vista Police make arrest in series of vehicle tampering and theft incidents Today is Global Handwashing Day, which is held every year to help raise awareness about the ...

COVID-19 taught the critical importance of hand washing and surface disinfection to control the spread of this potentially lethal virus. Despite the extensive advice given during the pandemic, the ...

In a study that tracked hand-washing behavior in 250,000 people, researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine found that only a third of men washed with soap, compared with two ...