That shell is "pretty environmentally stable," Wilen says, "and that's what makes it relatively resistant to ethanol-based hand sanitizers." Washing your hands with soap and water is a much more ...

During the 1980s and 1990s, Ghanaian artists created vibrant hand-painted movie posters to promote Hollywood blockbuster films. These posters served as promotional material for mobile cinemas that ...

A hygiene inspector who discovered a “completely dry” hand basin at an all-you-can-eat buffet told staff they must wash their hands after using the toilet. The environmental health expert also ...

It’s soap. This is faint praise for soap, but it’s hardly damning. If washing at the sink disinfects your hands, and soap facilitates that process, then great. And soap may even work in cases ...

As Europe grapples with the flu season personal hygiene is more important than ever. The infection, formally known as influenza, may not seem all that dangerous thanks to advancements in vaccines ...

While many tactics for protecting against cold viruses and influenza viruses overlap, flu prevention typically involves two additional layers of protection not available for preventing or treating the ...

Here’s what it actually does: When combined with water, it surrounds germs in slippery globs that make them literally slide off your hands and down the drain. Not lethal to microbes, but still a ...

Workers at a McDonald's supplier linked to a deadly E. coli outbreak were not properly washing their hands and failed to sanitize their equipment, a Food and Drug Administration (FDA ...

Learning how to hand wash clothes is an important, if somewhat unexpected, part of modern life – particularly if you want to avoid exposing your most delicate (and expensive!) lingerie, swimwear and ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday he was ready to hand captured North Korean soldiers to Pyongyang in exchange for the return of Ukrainian POWs held in Russia. Zelensky's offer ...