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Washing your hands is a given if you want to avoid germs—but it's especially important after touching these microbe magnets.

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Hand washing is recommended for some types of clothes, such as lingerie, unstructured wool items, cashmere sweaters, and any fabrics that can be damaged by too much agitation. However, the pile of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . New guidelines for hand-washing in medical facilities, aimed at reducing health care- associated infections, ...

People were washing their hands so much early in the pandemic that sensitive skin and soap shortages were common problems in 2020. All this focus on hand-washing was for good reason. The science ...

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New research highlights common objects you touch daily that may carry harmful bacteria—making proper handwashing more ...

If you’ve got reusable dishes, utensils, cups, bowls, pots and pans and other kitchen items, you have to clean them. How you clean them, however, can be up for debate. Some people are adamant about ...

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 ...