As cold and flu season begins to take hold, a new study suggests that parents and teachers should stock up on hand sanitizer to prevent kids from getting sick As cold and flu season begins to take ...

PORTLAND, Ore. -- During cold and flu season, having clean hands is one of the most important steps you can take to avoid getting sick. So, which is better: washing with soap and water or hand ...

Hand sanitizer turned into a pocket-sized security blanket over the past few years, but it was never designed to solve every mess you get on your hands. When you are dealing with grease, grime, ...

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 the ...

It's cold and flu season, and it seems like everyone is using hand sanitizers. Hand sanitizers are good at killing certain types of germs, but they can only do so much. "When your hands are visibly ...

Dr, William DePaolo is director of the Center for Microbiome Sciences & Therapeutics at UW Medical Center. He says, yes, hand sanitizer kills harmful bacteria, but it also kills the good bacteria you ...

Norovirus spreads fast, hits hard, and thrives in the very places you are used to trusting a quick pump of sanitizer to keep ...