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 ...

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 ...

Hand sanitizer dispensers are mounted everywhere — in office buildings, restaurants, schools and hospitals. We can carry bottles of it in our purses and on key chains. But are we using it ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Learn more › Most people probably haven’t thought much about how to make hand sanitizer. Stores sell it for cheap, in a variety of scents and styles, and it’s basically as good as it can be.

Major health agencies and experts agree that making your own hand sanitizer at home isn't smart. There are better ways to protect yourself from the coronavirus. Sarah Mitroff Freelance Editor ...

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 ...

In an effort to meet increased demand for hand sanitizer, several beer and spirits makers have begun making much-needed disinfectant alcohol instead of quaffable adult beverages. Among the more ...

Several lots of hand sanitizer and aloe gel are being recalled for containing methanol, which can put consumers at risk for serious health issues, according to federal health officials.