DEAR DR. ROACH: I use a beauty bar for hand-washing. Am I just giving the virus et al. a spa day and I need to also use a hand sanitizer? -- M.C. ANSWER: Humans like scented beauty bars, but viruses ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: Everyone knows that they are supposed to wash their hands after using the toilet, but does that advice only apply when using a public toilet? Since whatever came out of the person is ...

One major point the COVID-19 pandemic helped drive home is how important it is to wash your hands. Washing your hands is ...

Washing your hands in the morning is not enough. We all need to be washing our hands multiple times a day, according to Dr. David Itkin, infectious disease expert at Portsmouth Regional Hospital.

Running from patient room to patient room, it can be surprisingly easy for doctors and nurses to forget to wash their hands, especially if they’re dealing with an emergency. Hospitals have been ...

Everyone knows that they are supposed to wash their hands after using the toilet, but does that advice only apply when using a public toilet? Since whatever came out of the person is technically ...

As a physician, I am glad for the mobile health-monitoring applications that allow me to help my patients sleep better, exercise better and eat better. Yet I was a little offended when I learned of a ...

Encouraging doctors and nurses to wash their hands frequently has always been considered an easy and effective way to curb the spread of infection in hospitals and other health facilities. But a new ...

Doctors are warning parents to watch for hand, foot and mouth disease, a viral infection common in children that can spread quickly in daycares and households. Hand, foot and mouth disease is usually ...