Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If eyes are the windows to the soul, then hands are the portals to all the germs, viruses and bugs known to humankind. Think about ...

In the battle against the flu, an annual vaccine is important and so is keeping your hands clean. But before you give that hand sanitizer a pump, listen up. Consumer Reports reveals a surprising new ...

Stocking up on Softsoap and Purell? Join the scrub. Coronavirus panic has anxious New Yorkers swarming drugstores and supermarkets for germ-killers. And with public health specialists stressing the ...

As any parent of a young child can attest, small humans are basically germ factories. As they learn hygiene and how to care for themselves, kids are prone to lots of runny noses, coughs, sore throats ...

In the battle against the flu, an annual vaccine is important, and so is keeping your hands clean. But before you give that hand sanitizer a pump, remember the surprising results of a new study about ...

A new study has found that hand sanitizer may not be as effective as previously thought at preventing the spread of influenza A, the common flu virus. The evidence emerged this month following a study ...

A World Health Organization-endorsed six-step hand hygiene technique using alcohol-based hand sanitizer gel is more effective at removing bacteria than a three-step technique that the CDC recommends, ...

Hand sanitizer might not be as effective as people think—especially against the flu. In a new study published by mSphere, researchers found that hand-washing under running water removed the flu virus ...

(CNN) --Young children inevitably have a lot of runny noses and sore throats, but how they clean their hands could cut back on how often they miss day care, according to a study published Monday in ...

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