Panaji: With influenza cases on the rise as the monsoon climate is favourable to viruses, doctors have advised people to get checked, not to ignore symptoms, and practise hand-washing as a preventive ...

In recent centuries, hands have been recognized as vectors or transmitters of diseases via germs, mainly bacteria and viruses. Studies abound about the “bad” bacteria we touch and pass on. Actually, ...

CLARKSVILLE, Md. (AP) — Be sure to wash up, Maryland doctors and nurses. You're being watched. State officials said Tuesday they're creating teams of staff members at hospitals around the state to ...

MACON, Ga. — Cold and flu season are around the corner, and doctors advise thorough hand-washing to reduce risk of classroom sickness. Dana Mayo owns The Barre dance studio, which serves students ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- At Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Dr. Katie Lockwood said it is "norovirus season." The nasty stomach bug has been making its rounds across the country, with CDC data ...

Handwashing can help slow school germs as students return to class, a Beaufort Memorial doctor says. Soap and water work best ...