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, ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

A key step to preventing the spread of diseases like COVID-19 or influenza is simple: washing hands. But lack of piped water ...