With hand, foot and mouth disease, or HFMD, spreading through certain parts of the country, there are certain symptoms to ...

It is Global Handwashing Awareness Day, a reminder that while many think they know how to wash their hands, there is some important nuance to it.

In today’s Health Alert, with Halloween just days away and hand-foot-and-mouth disease spreading, parents may be worried ...

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 ...

Most people touch their face dozens of times a day. Every time we do, we risk spreading germs. Regularly washing your hands ...

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 ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Halloween is on Friday. While kids gather and share candy, they also share germs. Last week, FOX13 reported ...

As Global Handwashing Day rolls around on 15 October, with the theme “Be a Handwashing Hero”, it’s the perfect reminder to pause and ask: are we really as clean-handed as we think? We reached out to ...

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.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports 2,425 confirmed monkeypox cases in the U.S. Five of those cases are in Iowa.Millions of monkeypox vaccines are on their way to curb the spread of ...

This is the story of a man whose ideas could have saved a lot of lives and spared countless numbers of women and newborns' feverish and agonizing deaths. You'll notice I said "could have." The year ...