Consumer Health: How's your hand-washing technique? - Mayo Clinic News Network
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National Handwashing Awareness Week is Dec. 6–12 and the observance is a good reminder about how important it is to wash your hands. Washing your hands is one of the easiest and most effective ways to protect yourself, and prevent the spread of colds, the flu and COVID-19. As you touch people, surfaces and objects […]
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