Get out the hand sanitizer! You'll want to carry extra when you learn about this gross part of an airplane—and we use it ...

Doctors have long been warned to go easy on antibiotics and sulfa drugs. When used with routine frequency, such germ killers may defeat their own purpose by leading to ever more resistant germs. Now ...

Balance must be maintained among the trillions of microbes that live in the gastrointestinal tract. The gut microbiome has to host enough beneficial microbes to help control the levels of potentially ...

To avoid germs, Dr. Charles Puza recommends wiping the top of aluminum cans before drinking from them, forgoing lemon wedges in drinks at restaurants, not touching door handles and disinfecting your ...

Each winter, cold and flu season reaches its peak. That leaves a lot of people dealing with coughing, sneezing and fevers. People often take fever reducers to lower their body temperature when they’re ...

Most people see their kitchen as a clean space for preparing meals. Yet, some common kitchen items and areas can harbor more ...

At Empa, an interdisciplinary research institute for materials science and technology within the ETH Domain, researchers are ...

Your smartphone, as it turns out, is covered with 10 times as many bacteria as a toilet seat, according to a 2012 study from ...

Many people hold onto household items long past their prime, completely unaware of the hidden bacteria accumulating daily.

Everyone knows the sponge and stovetop are hotbeds for bacteria, but there are germ havens in the kitchen you're forgetting to clean. Pamela is a freelance food and travel writer based in Astoria, ...