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  Paper towels more effective than hand dryers at removing viruses

  Health | April 17, 2020 19:36 IST

  For the findings, researchers from the University of Leeds in the UK investigated whether the way people dry their hands in a public toilet made a difference to the way COVID-19 is transmitted.

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  Beware of modern hand dryers

  Lifestyle | November 21, 2014 20:10 IST

  London: Modern hand dryers are worse than paper towels when it comes to spreading germs, according to new University of Leeds research.Both jet and warm air hand dryers spread bacteria into the air and onto