Hand sanitizers made with at least 60% alcohol help kill gems, according to the CDC. These are the top options from Purell, ...

Science suggests that high-tech hand dryers may actually be "microbial catapults" that blast bacteria back onto your skin.

Talk about getting down and dirty. The start of the new year means more people are heading to the gym and picking up weights — and increasing their risk of picking up and spreading germs. The results ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DermaRite’s August 8 press statement revealed that a handful of their products were recalled due to the presence of Burkholderia ...

Next time you wash your hands in a public restroom, you may want to think twice about heading towards the hand dryers. A viral video circulating on TikTok reveals what happens if you use a hot-air ...

The assignment from Nichole Ward’s microbiology professor was simple: Choose a location, open a petri dish for three minutes and observe what grew over the next two days. No one’s sample came back ...

The assignment from Nichole Ward’s microbiology professor was simple: Choose a location, open a petri dish for three minutes and observe what grew over the next two days. No one’s sample came back ...

Cleaning and disinfecting are not the same thing, and there are plenty of items in your home that could be harboring germs if ...

Tasha Sturm, who works at Cabrillo College, decided she'll remember her son's germs -- always -- so she grew his hand bacteria in a sterile plate. She said in her American Society for Microbiology ...