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 ...

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 ...

A new study has found that a typical air-based hand dryer leaves more germs on poorly washed hands than paper towels. The study also found that a hand dryer can spread more germs and bacteria onto ...

3. The Dyson Airblade was the jet-air hand dryer tested in the study. Dyson criticized a similar study in 2014, nothing that scientists had an unusually high amount of virus on their hands. The ...

Hand dryers in public washrooms are often thought of as a cleaner and eco-friendly option compared to paper towels. But the truth is a little unsettling. These machines do not draw in fresh or ...

Hand-washing always has been important, and the pandemic further magnified its crucial role in helping stop the spread of germs. But a new study also suggests the method used for drying hands can be ...