Health Tip: Keep Germs to Yourself

If you've got a cold, do your part to prevent spreading the virus to others.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers this advice:

• Use a tissue to cover your nose and mouth when you cough or sneeze.
• Promptly throw away any used tissues.
• If you can't get a tissue, sneeze or cough into your elbow rather than your hand.
• If necessary, wear a facemask to protect others from infection.
• Frequently wash hands with soap and warm water for at least 20 seconds.
• If soap and water aren't available, clean hands with alcohol-based hand sanitizer.