The bottom line? Wash your hands thoroughly when you can. In a pinch, hand sanitizer is better than nothing at all. Catherine Roberts Catherine Roberts is a health and science journalist at ...

Washing your hands properly with soap and running water can stave off illnesses that affect healthy people, as well as those with weakened immune systems. Handwashing can protect you from COVID-19 ...

There’s a reason the World Health Organization holds hand washing in high esteem: It works. While many people have been buying and hoarding face masks to protect themselves from COVID-19 ...

There is a simple, effective, inexpensive act that can make a huge difference in your health and that of your family—it’s ...

“Our health care workers were really worried about Covid – they didn’t know who had Covid and who didn’t – so they were extremely careful with their hand hygiene,” said study coauthor ...

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She educates hundreds of kids each year in an effort to keep them healthy. "If they would just wash their hands more often, they would get sick less and be at school more often" comments Carol. So, ...

How much of a difference will it make in keeping you healthy? Okay, you get it: Washing hands with soap and water is important. But does it make a big difference in your overall health?

MIAMI (CBSMiami) -- Washing hands is a simple and easy way to avoid getting sick or passing viruses and bacteria to others. But many of us are not doing it right or as often as we should.

“Our health care workers were really worried about Covid – they didn’t know who had Covid and who didn’t – so they were extremely careful with their hand hygiene,” said study coauthor ...