Do the dishes in your house seem like they multiply by binary fission? You use one glass, look away, and the sink is teaming with utensils you don’t remember using. Washing dishes by hand is one of ...

Though hand-washing is proven effective in combating the spread of disease and infection, the physics behind it has rarely been studied. But in Physics of Fluids, by AIP Publishing, researchers from ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Encouraging people to wash their hands properly can reduce the rate of diarrhea by 30 percent, potentially saving lives, researchers said on Wednesday. Their review of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . New guidelines for hand-washing in medical facilities, aimed at reducing health care- associated infections, ...

A key step to preventing the spread of diseases like Covid-19 or influenza is simple: washing hands. But lack of piped water in parts of rural Alaska has made that simple practice not so easy to carry ...

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