We can’t avoid all germs. But with a few good habits you can help protect yourself and others.

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

Almost half of hospital visitors skip washing their hands after using the toilet. If that’s happening in hospitals, imagine ...

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

The Swiss architect’s iconic Villa Savoye, an international-style home he designed in 1929, merged modernist materials like steel, concrete and glass, with ceramic bath fixtures and a wash basin ...

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 ...

When infected people use elevators, they probably do leave some of their germs behind. Wear a mask and wash hands to lower your risk. By Tara Parker-Pope For people who live or work in tall ...

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 ...

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 ...