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Don Schaffner wants you to understand that your hands are never going to be clean. He should know — over the past 20 years, he has published multiple research papers investigating the minutia of ...

Never before have so many of us been so attentive to the cleanliness of our hands. With the quest to avoid COVID-19, we can't so much as enter a supermarket without magic fluid being squirted into our ...

Hospitals and clinics face increased flu cases this season, with holiday gatherings amplifying the spread. Experts advise on ...

My father the doctor maintained that hand-washing was our family’s single greatest obligation to one another and to the world. Is there any hope we’ll all keep doing it? By Nancy Stearns Bercaw My ...

This article by Michelle Sconce Massaquoi is republished here with permission from The Conversation. This content is shared here because the topic may interest Snopes readers; it does not, however, ...

A study found few people washed enough to kill infection 33%25 of hand washers don%27t use soap 10%25 of people don%27t wash their hand at all Hand washing isn't exactly an arduous chore, especially ...