Want to avoid cold and flu this season? Read this to make sure you're washing your hands properly.

Hand-washing takes less than half a minute, yet an estimated 97% of people do it wrong. That's a big problem since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says that one of the most ...

To learn the best way, we asked the people who not only wash their hands the most, but desperately need to make sure they do a good job of it: Surgeons. One of our two surgeons washes his hands "at ...

(CNN) --Handwashing with soap and warm water for 20 seconds -- along with staying home and standing six feet apart from others -- is the best weapon we have against the novel coronavirus that has ...

Believe it or not, hand-washing is not something we are good at. Namely, we’re not doing it long enough — yes, that means us adults. As for getting our kids to regularly wash their hands for the full ...

A "sick season" preparedness kit full of tissues and cough drops can be beneficial this time of year. However, a simple, common-sense measure can help reduce your risk of plowing through your supplies ...

Settling the loofah vs. washcloth debate once and for all.

As the threat from the coronavirus grows, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other public health officials are stressing the importance of hand-washing. Prevention becomes essential to ...

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Meghan Walbert is Lifehacker's Managing Editor. She has a degree in journalism and has worked at Lifehacker as a writer and editor since 2018, covering parenting, foster care, online child safety, and ...