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 ...

Flu season is in full swing. The CDC is reporting that 30 states—especially southern states like Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina—are already seeing flu ...

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 ...

Research has shown that many harmful diseases spread due to a lack of proper hand hygiene. Thereby, washing hands could effectively prevent the spread of infections. One can spread germs, i.e., ...

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 ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – December 1 marks the start of National Handwashing Awareness Week, which is a time set aside each year to remind people about the importance of good hand hygiene. “Hand ...

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 ...

We’ve all been taught from a very young age that washing our hands is important. Apparently, this lesson didn’t quite stick for everyone. The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) ...

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 ...

Journal of Community Health, Vol. 43, No. 2 (April 2018), pp. 400-405 (6 pages) Adequate hand washing with soap at five recommended times is particularly important in urban slums in developing ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...