WASHINGTON — It’s a chemical that’s been in U.S. households for more than 40 years, from the body wash in your bathroom shower to the knives on your kitchen counter to the bedding in your baby’s ...

The Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on antibacterial hand soap. The FDA on Friday announced a ban on 19 ingredients that are found in the “vast majority” of antibacterial hand soaps.

Washing with dish soap and running the dishwasher with dish detergent are both great ways to get rid of bacteria and viruses.

Turns out when it comes to fighting the novel coronavirus—and in general—there's a clear winner. The worldwide spread of COVID-19 understandably has scores of people reconsidering their everyday ...

Antibacterial hand soap has been implicated in creating antibiotic-resistant superbugs, yet people continue to lather up with the stuff because they believe it's a better germ-killer than regular suds ...

As we move into cold and flu season, handwashing is more important than ever. It means that we’re going through soap more quickly and we’re thinking about the sorts of hand soap we will keep stocked ...

Flu season is in full swing and as many of us get ready to travel for the holidays, we’re all trying our remedies of choice to avoid getting sick. A lot of people use antibacterial hand soap to help ...

When you buy soaps and body washes, do you reach for products labeled “antibacterial” hoping they’ll keep your family safer? Do you think those products will lower your risk of getting sick, spreading ...

When it comes to ridding your hands of bacteria, plain old soap is just as good as many "antibacterial" soaps, new research contends. Lab tests conducted by a team of Korean researchers revealed that ...