AUSTIN, Texas - The best form of protection from COVID-19 is to stay at home, but we all need to leave our houses occasionally for groceries and other essentials. If you're leaving the house to go to ...

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Dr. Candice Jones knows a thing or two about staying safe around sick people. That’s why she’s sharing her trade secrets on how to wear and remove personal protective equipment.

Yes. Gloves are used by health care workers, but the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention does not currently advise people who aren’t health care workers to use gloves outside their homes. The ...

Florescent lotion and black light revealed that health care workers often contaminate their skin and clothing while removing their protective gear, researchers say. This contamination can spread germs ...

The Dallas nurse diagnosed with Ebola this weekend was wearing a mask, gown, shield and gloves when she treated her patient, Thomas Eric Duncan, who later died from the virus. So how did she get Ebola ...

The CDC isn’t recommending gloves as a daily precaution, but I know a lot of people are choosing to wear disposable gloves when they go out, for example, when grocery shopping. If you do end up using ...

A recent study by Burdsall and colleagues published in the American Journal of Infection Control, followed by story in McKnight’s, highlights the importance of monitoring not just hand hygiene, but ...

(Reuters Health) - Florescent lotion and black light revealed that health care workers often contaminate their skin and clothing while removing their protective gear, researchers say. "It was ...