Hand-washing works One major point the COVID-19 pandemic helped drive home is how important it is to wash your hands. Washing ...

Plenty of different types of viruses and bacteria are resistant to alcohol-based sanitizers. And they can make you very sick.

When it comes to fighting bacteria, hand sanitizers work well if you can't get to a sink. Look for one with at least 60 percent alcohol. But washing with any kind of soap is your best option.

CSIs may one day be able to use more than DNA and fingerprints to catch criminals, as a new study finds that the bacteria that live on our hands are just as unique to each of us as our DNA. And ...

Some bacteria may be getting better at handling alcohol. But that's not a good thing. The concern is not alcohol in tiny little glasses but the alcohol in hand sanitizers. Alcohol is what helps ...

Fecal bacteria shoots into the air each time a lidless toilet is flushed. Then that air gets sucked up rapidly and shot onto your hands when you dry them with an air dryer.

To be exact, bacteria collected after 2009 were 10 times more tolerant than pre-2004 bacteria — which corresponds to the national push to use more hand sanitizers. Sponsor Message ...

However, some hand dryers could be doing more harm than good, according to a new report. It’s important to wash your hands to ward off germs. Breaking: 1st court appearance for Georgia school ...

New hand bacteria study holds promise for forensics identification Date: March 16, 2010 Source: University of Colorado at Boulder Summary: Forensic scientists may soon have a valuable new item in ...

Modern hand dryers are much worse than paper towels when it comes to spreading germs, according to new research. Airborne germ counts were 27 times higher around jet air dryers in comparison with ...