Hand-washing works One major point the COVID-19 pandemic helped drive home is how important it is to wash your hands. Washing your hands is essential to good hygiene and stopping germs from spreading.

THESE skin-crawling pictures show just why it’s so important to wash your hands amid the coronavirus outbreak. Health authorities have encouraged Brits to wash their hands for at least 20 sec… ...

Why handwashing quickly became such a key public health message when the COVID pandemic hit, how the science of the coronavirus evolved and why you should still be washing your hands for your health.

If you're wondering about proper hand hygiene, you're in luck. Here's what you need to know about how long to wash your hands.

Washing your hands may seem like a simple thing, but not everybody remembers to do it.

How to remember to wash your hands Most adults surveyed said they wash their hands to protect their own health, feel clean, avoid spreading germs to others, and avoid getting sick and missing work ...

Washing your hands doesn't just lift germs off your skin. It can destroy some of them, too—including the virus behind COVID-19. Moyo Studio / Getty Images Avoid close contact with sick patients ...

As the coronavirus spreads health professionals are advising people to sing "Happy Birthday" twice while washing their hands. But who should we sing to?

A new study by UK cleaning brand Method has over a fifth of 18- to 24-year-olds confessing they don't wash their hands at festivals.

Washing your hands is a given if you want to avoid germs—but it's especially important after touching these microbe magnets.

Washing your hands is a given if you want to avoid germs—but it's especially important after touching these microbe magnets.