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- How Soap Works: The Science Behind Handwashing https://www.pfizer.com/news/articles/how_soap_works_the_science_behind_handwashing 90 comments
- Handwashing Technique Is Surprisingly Controversial https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/20-seconds-30-seconds-45-seconds-how-long-should-you-wash-your-hands/ 4 comments
- A Teacher Did an Experiment to Show the Power of Handwashing https://brightside.me/inspiration-health/a-teacher-did-an-experiment-to-show-the-power-of-handwashing-and-you-cant-stay-unimpressed-795485/ 5 comments
- Food workers have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. New study shows food industry strategies of masking, physical distancing, ventilation, handwashing, and surface disinfection provide significant protection, resulting in less than 1% risk of contracting Covid-19 during an 8-hr shift https://sph.emory.edu/news/news-release/2021/12/covid-strategies-food-manufacturing.html 27 comments science
- Handwashing, mask wearing and physical distancing are effective public health measures for reducing the incidence of Covid-19, latest meta-analysis suggests https://www.bmj.com/content/375/bmj-2021-068302 147 comments science
- Handwashing must be done at a minimum speed to dislodge viruses and bacteria, and it should last roughly 20 seconds, on par with the time that public-health experts recommend, according to an analysis of the fluid dynamics of soaping up. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02241-y 34 comments science
- Israel donates handwashing facility to Makati school https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1119282 11 comments worldnews
- Apple Releases watchOS 7 With New Watch Faces, Family Setup, Sleep Tracking, Handwashing Help and More https://www.macrumors.com/2020/09/16/apple-releases-watchos-7/ 72 comments apple
- Hands-On With watchOS 7's Sleep Tracking, Watch Face Sharing and Handwashing Monitor https://www.macrumors.com/2020/06/30/watchos-7-hands-on/ 27 comments apple
- GOP State Senator Asks If Black People Get Coronavirus From Lax Handwashing | “Could it just be that African Americans or the colored population do not wash their hands as well as other groups?” asked Ohio state Sen. Steve Huffman. https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5ee1e723c5b686515e93ae4f 8 comments politics
- Stephen Wamukota wins presidential award for building handwashing machine https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/05/africa/kenyan-boy-presidential-award/index.html 10 comments worldnews
- Handwashing helps stop COVID-19. But in India, water is scarce https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/04/hand-washing-can-combat-coronavirus-but-can-the-rural-poor-afford-frequent-rinses/ 4 comments india
- Sales soar 2,000% for Little Princess picture book on handwashing https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/mar/23/sales-soar-for-little-princess-picture-book-on-handwashing-coronavirus-outbreak 3 comments books
- Google Doodle honours doctor Ignaz Semmelweis, ‘the father of handwashing’ amid COVID-19 pandemic https://zeenews.india.com/world/google-doodle-honors-doctor-ignaz-semmelweis-the-father-of-handwashing-amid-covid-19-pandemic-2270555.html 3 comments europe
- Vietnam's hit coronavirus handwashing song https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-51764846/coronavirus-vietnam-s-handwashing-song-goes-global 5 comments worldnews
- Study: To slow an epidemic, focus on handwashing. Improving the rate of handwashing at just 10 major airports could significantly slow the spread of a viral disease, researchers estimate. http://news.mit.edu/2020/slow-epidemic-airport-handwashing-0206 203 comments science
- Half the world’s schools lack clean water, toilets and handwashing: report https://indianexpress.com/article/world/half-the-worlds-schools-lack-clean-water-toilets-and-handwashing-5326242/ 3 comments worldnews
- Germs gaining resistance to hand gels in hospitals: Increasing tolerance of hospital Enterococcus faecium to handwash alcohols http://stm.sciencemag.org/content/10/452/eaar6115 23 comments science
- Handwashing: Cool Water as Effective as Hot for Removing Germs - New study indicates that washing for 10 seconds eliminates harmful bacteria. This study may have significant implications towards water energy, since using cold water saves more energy than warm or hot water. http://news.rutgers.edu/research-news/handwashing-cool-water-effective-hot-removing-germs/20170529#.wtj3g2grlix 29 comments science
- Parents Want To Push Kid With Peanut Allergy Out Of School - Handwashing Too Burdensome http://consumerist.com/2011/03/parents-want-to-push-kid-with-peanut-allergy-out-of-school.html 13 comments reddit.com
- Semmelweis instituted a handwashing policy in the first clinic by mid-May 1847. His employment was terminated March 20, 1849 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/historical_mortality_rates_of_puerperal_fever#yearly_mortality_rates_for_birthgiving_women_1784-1849 5 comments math
- Handwashing Can Save Millions of Lives. You hear that? So do us all a favor; start washing after you use the urinal, ya freak! http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-10-15-voa19.cfm 3 comments reddit.com
- Today is Global Handwashing Day http://www.globalhandwashingday.org/ 2 comments reddit.com
- Handwashing beats drugs in fighting viruses http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22006728/ 8 comments science
- Study: Handwashing more useful than drugs in virus control http://www.reuters.com/article/latestcrisis/idussha252526 2 comments reddit.com