Hand sanitizer turned into a pocket-sized security blanket over the past few years, but it was never designed to solve every mess you get on your hands. When you are dealing with grease, grime, ...

Norovirus spreads fast, hits hard, and thrives in the very places you are used to trusting a quick pump of sanitizer to keep ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — As the North Carolina Dept. of Health and Human Services joins other health agencies across the country in warning of a severe sick season this year, one of the most-used tools to ...

Influenza cases have been surging. RSV activity is “very high.” Signs of COVID have been mounting in sewer water, and norovirus, too, is spawning outbreaks like we haven’t seen for at least a dozen ...

As the norovirus cases continue to spread in the U.S., you can't rely on hand sanitizer alone to protect you, experts warn. Norovirus causes gastrointestinal symptoms like nausea, vomiting, diarrhea ...

Q: When is it OK to wash hands with soap and water and when is it OK to use alcohol-based hand sanitizer? A: “Hand hygiene” refers to a general term that applies to handwashing, antiseptic handwash, ...

The COVID-19 pandemic reshaped public health practices, bringing hand sanitizer into the spotlight as an essential tool for germ protection. While its use skyrocketed, with children applying it up to ...

Hand sanitizer has been seen as a valuable tool in hygiene and illness protection for years. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, many people ramped up their use of hand sanitizer, with ...

A new study finds that hand sanitizer could help your child miss fewer days at school due to being sick. Researchers in Spain found that children who cleaned their hands with sanitizer instead of soap ...