ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — These days, people aren't really shaking hands or sharing any other sort of close personal greeting, and if Dr. Anthony Fauci had his way, this would become the new norm.

He added that there’s societal pressure to shake hands since it’s so ingrained in American society. “Now, with all the social distancing… very few people are shaking hands,” he said.

Now, as workers return to the office, friends reunite and more church services shift from Zoom to in person, this exact question is befuddling growing numbers of people: to shake or not to shake?

Two people shake hands in a warmly lit barbershop, one wearing a blue denim shirt, the other a gray vest over a white shirt. Hand grips a car door handle, wearing a denim sleeve, set in a brightly ...

Americans should avoid shaking hands — “ever” again — in the wake of the coronavirus crisis, according to the top doctor on the White House’s task force battling the deadly bug. Dr. Ant… ...

Dr. Anthony Fauci said people shouldn’t go back to shaking hands after the coronavirus pandemic subsides. Appearing Wednesday on a Wall Street Journal podcast, Fauci, who leads the National ...

The Western custom of shaking hands is believed to date to antiquity. A funeral stone from the 5th century BC on display in Berlin’s Pergamon Museum shows two Greek soldiers shaking hands.

When people notice their hands are shaking, they often worry that Parkinson’s is the reason. This devastating disease will cause hand tremors—or hands that shake when relaxed or resting.