Want to avoid cold and flu this season? Read this to make sure you're washing your hands properly.

Finding a soap you love can make washing your hands for the CDC-recommended 20 seconds at a time, a more pleasant experience. After all, we wash our hands constantly throughout the day to stay healthy ...

Celestine Wong is a consultant dermatologist at Monash Health. Rosemary Nixon is a honorary clinical associate professor at the University of Melbourne. This story originally featured on The ...

Don Schaffner wants you to understand that your hands are never going to be clean. He should know — over the past 20 years, he has published multiple research papers investigating the minutia of ...

There was a time in the not-too-distant past when hand-washing, even for doctors, wasn't considered part of basic hygiene. That is, until one man sounded the alarm. You have to hand it to Ignaz ...

You should never use a hand soap so drying that you’re required to apply a moisturizer after washing your mitts. Yes, washing your hands can reduce the moisture in your skin, especially if you have ...