Most public restrooms offer paper towels, a hand dryer or a combination of both to dry your hands after you wash. Germs can be transferred more easily to and from wet hands than dry hands, according ...

Are public toilet seats safe? What to know about microbes, hand dryers, and high-touch surfaces, plus simple steps to cut ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Washing your dirty hands is one of the best-known ways to keep germs from spreading. But, a new study may have you thinking twice before using the hand dryer in a public bathroom.

It's important to wash your hands to ward off germs. However, some hand dryers could be doing more harm than good, according to a new report. Researchers from the University of Connecticut School of ...

A friendly handshake is seen as a gesture of goodwill. However, it can also be a silent carrier of harmful diseases. Germs ...

JEDDAH — Look at your hands. Are they clean? Except for the blue and red marker lines left over after coloring, they look clean. There is no mud or dirt or food on your fingers, so yes, your hands are ...

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Public toilets can be a ‘microbial soup’, especially when many people use them and they’re not cleaned frequently.