Innovative method to teach tots about personal cleanliness

Wednesday, June 3, 2009 - 14:49 in Health & Medicine

Swine flu reminded us how important washing our hands can be. Studies show that simple handwashing can decrease communicable gastrointestinal diseases by 50% and communicable respiratory diseases by 20%. Now, with schools at special risk for swine flu, a Tel Aviv University researcher is bringing that message to educators and researchers.

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