Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
If you're meeting someone for the first time, your natural impulse might be to extend your arm for a traditional handshake. However, if you want to stay germ-free you might want to curl in those fingers and go for a fist-bump instead.
A new study out of the American Journal of Infection Control found that fist bumping is more hygienic than a handshake and it could help stop the spread of illness.
Take Two is joined by Rekha Murthy, Medical Director of the Hospital Epidemiology Department at Cedars Sinai.