MINNEAPOLIS -- As we emerge from the pandemic, we're starting to see the return of an age-old ritual: the handshake. Many of us went a year or more without clasping someone else's hands. But as ...

MINNEAPOLIS – Several years into the COVID-19 pandemic, a strong and symbolic form of greeting people is making a slow comeback. It's something many Americans specifically put off doing for some time.

It's a ritual we take for granted, when we say hello, when we say goodbye, as a gesture of good will, as a show of respect … and it's something we've all of a sudden had to learn not to do. But ...

When you’re unemployed, you will meet a lot of people as you network and interview to get your next job. Naturally, you can expect to shake a lot of hands. Sure, a typical handshake only lasts a few ...

Over a decade ago, I spent part of an afternoon in our backyard with our daughters when they were about 5 and 7, teaching them how to shake hands. It wasn’t a planned lesson. I told them that it was ...

After more than a year of strict COVID mandates, my state has triumphantly reopened. But, some argue, we better think twice before we offer a celebratory handshake. On Memorial Day, Pennsylvania began ...

Editor’s Note: This article is part of “Uncharted,” a series about the world we’re leaving behind, and the one being remade by the pandemic. Handshakes, historically, have often been invoked in that ...

After more than a year of strict COVID mandates, my state has triumphantly reopened. But, some argue, we better think twice before we offer a celebratory handshake. On Memorial Day, Pennsylvania began ...

Not everyone is happy that the handshake is making its way back. Though it's a deeply ingrained way of expressing friendship and respect, some medical experts wish it were gone for good. "I don't ...