Every Filipino has a duty to teach and learn the value of a safe wash starting at home and it starts with abandoning the “pwede na” mentality. ... the quick washing of hands, ...

And while it’s true that conversations about hand hygiene haven’t entirely vanished — just look at the laminated 2020-era handwashing posters you’ll still see in many public bathrooms around the Bay ...

Washing your hands properly with soap and running water can keep away illnesses that affect people who are healthy and those who have weakened immune systems. Here’s why soap, water, and a few ...

“Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, especially after going to the bathroom; before eating; and after blowing your nose, coughing or sneezing,” Dr. Amy Fuller ...

Kamayan is the traditional Filipino way of eating — without utensils. But it's also a generous shared meal of time-honored colorful foods that creates camaraderie. And it's catching on in the U.S.

Washing one’s hands after using the bathroom is a universal recommendation, for good reasons. It’s been shown to reduce the incidence of diarrhea by as much as 40 percent. The coronavirus can ...

Between courses, servers offer batons of hot towels and silently whisk them away after use. Then kamayan, Tagalog for eating with the hands, truly begins.Pancit batil patong, noodles dressed in a ...

Washing your hands also inactivates these bugs. “It also literally washes them away,” adds William Schaffner, MD, an infectious disease specialist and professor at the Vanderbilt University ...

For people who often forget to wash their hands, an increase in public health signage in public — or in do-it-yourself signage at home — reminding people to do so could be worthwhile, ...