For as long as we’ve known that soil bacteria manufacture molecular weapons to fight each other, we’ve been swiping their ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Dirty towels can carry a huge variety of microbes, and they’ve even been linked to spreading infectious disease. You can’t ...

Laundry pros reveal the most overlooked items—like pillows and gym bags—and how often to wash them for a fresher, healthier ...

Researchers at the World Health Organization have identified 17 pathogens most in need of new or improved vaccines, including threats like HIV, malaria, and influenza. Reading time 3 minutes The World ...

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 ...

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

If your sponge is looking yucky, grab the bleach.