That’s why the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are both pleading with people to avoid touching their eyes, nose and mouth with unwashed hands.

they also touch their eyes and face much more than people who don’t wear contacts, said Dr. Thomas Steinemann, a clinical spokesperson for the American Academy of Ophthalmology. “You touch ...

The preliminary study suggests that glass-wearers may have the extra protection because they tend to touch their eyes less frequently than most people. “Touching and rubbing of the eyes with ...

One of the more difficult challenges in public health has been to teach people to wash their hands frequently and to stop touching the facial mucous membranes — the eyes, nose and mouth ...

Experts say that pink eye shouldn't be a massive spreader of the coronavirus, but it could lead to more spread within close proximities due to people with the virus touching their eyes.

Foreign bodies in the eye, such as wearing certain types of contact lenses, may also cause conjunctivitis. If people touch their anus or come into contact with any bacteria in feces and then touch ...