The claim: Hand sanitizer has the same ingredients as antifreeze and can be fatal to pets if they lick your hand As the novel coronavirus continues to spread, health officials have encouraged ...

Six-year-old Nhaijah Russell swallowed three or four squirts of seemingly innocuous liquid hand sanitizer at school. It tasted good, she said, like strawberry. It also contained enough alcohol to ...

Hand sanitizer demand has skyrocketed during the pandemic as Americans were urged to wash their hands often to guard against the coronavirus. That has sparked a rush of new brands onto the market.

Four people died and nearly a dozen others were poisoned after swallowing alcohol-based hand sanitizer, federal health officials said. By Neil Vigdor A funeral attendant providing hand sanitizer ...

U.S. consumers should not use any of nine brands of possibly toxic hand sanitizer that may contain methanol, or wood alcohol, a substance that's potentially dangerous when absorbed through the ...

Hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol helps kill germs when soap and water aren't available. However, the disinfectant properties reduce over time. It's important to help prevent the spread of ...

As anxiety surrounding the novel coronavirus swirls in the US, some stores are struggling to keep up with the demand for hand sanitizer. With the shelves empty and online pharmacies out of stock ...

Editor's note: We are no longer updating the story. Click here for our updated story on where to buy hand sanitizer. As more families stock up on supplies to prevent the spread of coronavirus ...

The result for consumers could be hand sanitizer that doesn’t work as advertised and might even be filled with impurities that can cause cancer. When the pandemic set in during the spring ...

As news broke over the weekend about Oregon’s first coronavirus case, frenzied shoppers stocked up on hand sanitizer, emptying many store shelves. CORONAVIRUS IN OREGON: FULL COVERAGE If you ...