Proper handwashing could save a million lives a year, according to an expert — and yet many people are doing it improperly, often due to misconceptions surrounding the practice. Doctors recommend ...

It is Global Handwashing Awareness Day, a reminder that while many think they know how to wash their hands, there is some important nuance to it. Local 4 Dr. Frank McGeorge explains the difference ...

Washing your hands is essential to good hygiene, stopping germs in their tracks. Washing your hands limits the transfer of bacteria, viruses, and other germs, according to the Mayo Clinic. The Centers ...

Some Americans are still not doing their due diligence when it comes to washing their hands. That’s according to a new survey that found nearly half of its respondents forget or choose not to wash ...

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 ...

Doctors are warning parents to watch for hand, foot and mouth disease, a viral infection common in children that can spread quickly in daycares and households. Hand, foot and mouth disease is usually ...

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 ...

Hand washing can be one of the most effective and easiest ways to keep your family safe from cold and flu. Hand washing can be one of the most effective and easiest ways to keep your family safe from ...

Can someone use hand sanitizer after using the toilet? -- E.E. ANSWER: I recommend washing hands after using the toilet. Although hand sanitizers are good at killing bacteria, they don’t clean the ...

It has become a ubiquitous mantra in the time of COVID-19: Wash your hands. Cheap and easy to do, it's one of the few pieces of advice that is essentially without controversy. And yet, hand-washing is ...

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (WJAC) — Norovirus is a stomach virus that has sent people across the nation to the ER. Doctors say they're seeing more cases, but the worst may have passed. We've seen an uptick in ...