COVID-19 activity is rising in much of the country. Data released Friday by federal health officials shows overall ...

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Strawberries, despite their deliciousness, pose a food safety risk due to their ground-level growth and delicate skin.

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Then there’s giardia, a parasite that often enters pools when people have accidents in the water or don’t rinse off properly.

Swimming in public pools and water parks comes with risks — from skin irritations to gastrointestinal infections. But it also ...

Hotel rooms contain surprising amounts of bacteria in overlooked places like decorative pillows, remote controls and bathtubs ...

The play takes the children on an emotional rollercoaster with two little germs called Karius and Bactus (named after caries and bacteria), who live inside a tooth cavity in the mouth of a little ...

I HAVE received the enclosed letter from Mexico with a request to forward it to you; and accordingly I do so, since I suppose it not impossible that the dust of space might contain life germs of ...

The Germs That Transformed History For eons, epidemics have caused mass deaths and social upheaval, with far-reaching effects on politics, trade, migration, colonization and conquest ...