TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Washing your dirty hands is one of the best-known ways to keep germs from spreading. But, a new study may have you thinking twice before using the hand dryer in a public bathroom.

Washing your grubby mitts is one of the best ways to cut your chances of getting sick and spreading harmful germs to others, but a new study may make you think twice before you use air hand dryers in ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A study says using a hand dryer spreads 1,300 times as many germs around bathrooms as drying with a paper towel does. When media outlets started reporting this a couple weeks ...

A research study seems to show that jet air hand dryers, which are designed to be more efficient than warm air hand dryers and towels are very germy. The University of Westminster researchers ...

It's important to wash your hands to ward off germs. However, some hand dryers could be doing more harm than good, according to a new report. Researchers from the University of Connecticut School of ...

Most public restrooms offer paper towels, a hand dryer or a combination of both to dry your hands after you wash. Germs can be transferred more easily to and from wet hands than dry hands, according ...

"Comparison of different hand-drying methods: the potential for airborne microbe dispersal and contamination"- The Journal of Hospital Infection "The Hygienic Efficacy of Different Hand-Drying Methods ...

The assignment from Nichole Ward’s microbiology professor was simple: Choose a location, open a petri dish for three minutes and observe what grew over the next two days. No one’s sample came back ...