I’ve never been especially fond of shaking hands. As a child, I rated it on the same level of personal disdain as being kissed by smothering, elderly aunts with the facial hair of a porcupine. I lay ...

You run into a friend you haven't seen since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic -- how do you greet them? Do you shake hands? Do you fist bump? Maybe an elbow bump?These days, people are ...

To handshake or not to handshake, that is the question. As COVID-19 has moved from a pandemic to an endemic disease, should we greet each other with a shake of hands, fist bump, or just eye contact ...

At the 40 or so seminars I give yearly, I always ask the same question. "Who here has ever received a bad handshake?" Invariably everyone raises their hands — no surprise there. Perhaps you’ve ...

Don’t want the bug? Give a hug. A full-body squeeze is safer than shaking hands when it comes to avoiding the deadly embrace of the coronavirus, according to Belgian virologist Marc Van Ranst. His ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – As concerns over the coronavirus continue to grow, an Orlando mother is encouraging people to stop shaking hands to prevent the spread of germs. Rebecca Amundson said she became more ...

At the forty or so seminars I give yearly, I always ask the same question. "Who here has ever received a bad handshake?" Invariably everyone raises their hands – no surprise there. Perhaps you’ve ...

People have been shaking hands for about 7,000 years, historians tell us. But the ancient greeting could become a casualty of the coronavirus pandemic, as President Trump pointed out Saturday. At a ...

Evidence is mounting that alternatives to hand-to-hand contact between and among healthcare workers and sick people are necessary to curb the spread of infection. When patients visit Mark Schenkel, MD ...