There are zillions of germs living on the umpteen surfaces you touch. And they don't take a vacation, even when you do. That could explain why 80% of infections are spread the same way ...

Disinfectants kill 99.9% of germs but not 100% due to microbial patterns. Factors like time and surface type influence ...

Have you ever wondered why most disinfectants indicate they kill 99.9% or 99.99% of germs, but never promise to wipe out all ...

No wonder so many phones are covered in poo germs. These types of bacteria can survive on hands and surfaces for hours, especially when the surface is warm and away from sunlight, like a toasty ...

Can you really eliminate most of the microbes in your house by wiping down the surfaces, and why would you want to anyway? There's no doubt some of the germs that lurk in our homes are harmful to us.

When a toilet is flushed, germs can be ejected from the bowl and potentially transmitted by inhaling them or touching a cross-contaminated surface where they have landed. After flushing – or ...

Researchers at the Ineos Oxford Institute for Antimicrobial Research carried out a study to investigate antimicrobial resistance-carrying bacteria recovered from surfaces in 10 hospitals from six ...

Norovirus, the highly contagious stomach bug that causes vomiting and diarrhea, is spiking across the US. What to know about ...