This is one of the reasons the CDC suggests you should use “an alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol” when you can’t wash your hands, but not as an alternative to handwashing ...

Once your hands are wet, apply a generous amount of soap. The CDC recommends scrubbing the front and back of your hands, between your fingers, and especially under your nails where germs love to hide.

Experts recommend washing your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds (and there are many song choruses about that length to ensure the proper time). Meanwhile, the CDC lists many key ...

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 ...

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 ...

The agency has updated offerings for two of its posters, “Keep Calm and Wash Your Hands” and “One Trillion Germs can Live in a Gram of Poop,” which are now offered in six languages ...