Thousands of years ago, our ancestors discovered something that would clean their bodies and clothes. As the story goes, fat from someone’s meal fell into the leftover ashes of a fire. They were ...

Did you wash your hands today? Did you use antibacterial soap? If so, you probably didn’t get the antibacterial benefits you expected. Sorry. Researchers from South Korea published a study testing the ...

And you thought you mastered hand-washing as a kid. More than 50 percent of illness can be prevented with proper hand washing, according to the CDC. STOCK4B/Getty Images — -- intro: Everyone ...

Finding a soap you love can make washing your hands for the CDC-recommended 20 seconds at a time, a more pleasant experience. After all, we wash our hands constantly throughout the day to stay healthy ...

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 infected ...

The days of washing one's hands may be going down the drain with the emergence of hand sanitizer. Hand sanitizer has become so popular over the last few years not only because of its effectiveness to ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. How does soap clean our bodies? – Charlie H., ...