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

Washing your hands is a crucial process to help prevent the spread of infections like colds, flu, COVID-19 and in the case of ...

A December health inspection found multiple violations, including temperature control problems and poor sanitation practices.

(Article originally published in the August/September 1986 issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Vol. 42, Issue 7 “Chernobyl: The Emerging Story,” pages ...

Babies aren't born with enough vitamin K, which the body needs for blood to clot. An injection at birth helps prevent severe ...

In this Slough hospital, there’s an edict against hand washing. It’s for health reasons With a move that flies contrary to conventional wisdom, NHS staff have pulled the plug on handwashing as part of ...

Ignaz Semmelweis cut childbed deaths dramatically by insisting doctors wash their hands, and was mocked for it. His story explains why simple hand hygiene still protects health today and why evidence ...

A hospital hand-crochet octopuses with tentacles to resemble umbilical cords - to help babies in NICU feel safe. The premature babies at the Cleveland Clinic are being given a crocheted octopus to ...

Packers legend Donald Driver gives holiday meals to Northeast Wisconsin families in need Hundreds of families in need in Northeast Wisconsin will have a hot meal for the holidays, thanks to a Green ...

Observed each year on October 15, Global Handwashing Day reminds safety professionals and employees that proper hand hygiene remains one of the simplest, most effective defenses against illness in the ...

DENVER (KDVR) — A Colorado children’s hospital is asking for hand-tied blanket donations in order to bring comfort to children receiving care. The Children’s Hospital Colorado said Thursday that it is ...