Some 43% of schools worldwide entered the Covid-19 pandemic lacking basic soap-and-water hand-washing facilities, the U.N. said Thursday, deeming it a key condition for schools to reopen safely.

Public Health Agencies worldwide, including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Prevention & Control (CDC), have advocated proper hand hygiene since the very beginning of ...

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. Remember those early ...

Observing Global Handwashing Day has never been more important than during a pandemic that could be stemmed, in part, by everyone taking hand hygiene seriously. Keeping our hands clean is one of the ...

Hygiene practices have come a long way since the CDC first published national hygiene guidelines in the 1980s. With so much to keep track of, a nurse leader summarized some of the latest practice ...

Why is hand hygiene important in the COVID-19 pandemic? Our hands can be a critical vector in the transmission of infectious organisms. Infectious viruses can persist on surface materials for several ...

Most of us think of hand washing as something you do after using the bathroom or before eating a meal. Fairly standard. But here's the thing - there are dozens of everyday objects we casually handle ...