Washing your hands is one of the easiest and best ways to help prevent the spread of germs. While it’s particularly important during the COVID-19 pandemic, handwashing is always the best practice ...

Turns out when it comes to fighting the novel coronavirus—and in general—there's a clear winner. The worldwide spread of COVID-19 understandably has scores of people reconsidering their everyday ...

When you are purchasing soaps for your home, several factors come into play. You may opt to consider cost, color, brand, and other properties. Among these properties, should you consider whether you ...

Editor's note, March 8, 2023: The hand soap recommendations in this article are out of date and will not be updated going forward. These picks were the best options available at the time, but you may ...

When it comes to ridding your hands of bacteria, plain old soap is just as good as many "antibacterial" soaps, new research contends. Lab tests conducted by a team of Korean researchers revealed that ...

When you buy soaps and body washes, do you reach for products labeled “antibacterial” hoping they’ll keep your family safer? Do you think those products will lower your risk of getting sick, spreading ...

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Health bodies around the world recognize handwashing as one of the most important health care steps to prevent the spread of disease. The CDC estimates that 30% of diarrhea-related illnesses and up to ...

Alarmism is a potent marketing ploy, as illustrated by sales of unproven antibacterial products of the last 20 or so years. Last week a study conducted by a Korean team of researchers added to a now ...

Say goodbye to those “antibacterial” soaps and liquids. The Food and Drug Administration says they do little or nothing to make soap work any better and said the industry has failed to prove they’re ...

On the bus, a man is picking his nose. A child is touching every surface with grimy fingers and half of the passengers are coughing onto their neighbors. This seems like an outbreak waiting to happen.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today banned the use of certain antibacterial chemicals in hand and body wash products. The products of concern contain one or more of 19 ingredients named by the ...