I’m an adult. I have self-control. In the middle of the coronavirus’s rapid global spread, I can stop touching my goddamn face, right? Wrong. There are plenty of ways you can try to avoid the virus, ...

Washing your hands is a given if you want to avoid germs—but it's especially important after touching these microbe magnets. Washing your hands is essential to good hygiene, stopping germs in their ...

Hugs, handshakes, butt pats: Touching among humans is, well, a touchy subject. As kids we were taught that there’s good and bad touches—and it only got more complicated from there. Nobody is immune to ...

There is a reason why humans are susceptible during disease outbreaks like that of Covid-19 – we keep touching our faces. Why, and what can we do about it? Humans have a rather unusual habit we don’t ...

It’s a quirk of human nature that we touch our eyes, noses and mouths all day long. It’s also a major way we pick up infections like coronavirus. By Tara Parker-Pope Want to improve your chance of ...

We do know it’s likely you’ve been pawing at your face since before you were even born. The well-established fact that fetuses will, in utero, touch their fetal hands to fetal faces has led to ...

Four women have now come forward to accuse former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden of inappropriately touching them — something the politician denies. Lucy Flores, a Nevada politician, recently wrote an ...

Fentanyl, a strong opioid about 50 times more powerful than heroin, has become increasingly present in the U.S. drug supply and has caused a wave of overdose deaths among people who consume it or use ...

In an Indian tradition touching the feet is very common gesture that we used to give to our elders. It is a sign of respect and adopted since Vedic period and also known as Charan Sparsh. Children ...

One major point the COVID-19 pandemic helped drive home is how important it is to wash your hands. Washing your hands is ...