If you were asked to name the germiest surface in your bathroom, you might say it’s the toilet seat, or even the toilet flush lever. And they certainly do contain germs. But there’s another surface ...

“Sanitizing” is different from cleaning. That’s one of the many things people get wrong about removing germs that Purdue experts want consumers to understand. “A sanitizer reduces the number of ...

In 19th-century France, the young chemist challenged the theory of spontaneous generation and discovered an invisible world of airborne microbes. Credit...Antoine Maillard Supported by By Carl Zimmer ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Shutterstock. A Travelmath study uncovered that hotel rooms harbor more bacteria than the average home environment.

Typhoon Maria scrambled bacterial communities at every ocean depth, and researchers with rare timing captured the entire ...

Is it true that shopping carts are covered in an unusual amount of germs? The science shows that yes, shopping carts, particularly the handles and seats, can harbor a lot of germs. Research has shown ...

A bout with a cold or the flu can really take you down. To stay healthy, you need to avoid nasty bugs. But that’s not always easy. Germs are everywhere, and there are plenty of ideas about how to get ...

Most Americans don’t work on farms these days, so it’s easy for people to dismiss the illness as something they’re unlikely ...