Scientists estimate that trillions of bacteria and viruses -- commonly called germs -- are all around us, on nearly ...

A recent study published in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology found that certain places on the body are “hot spots” for germs and unhealthy bacteria. Scientists at George Washington University in ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bacteria live on everyone's skin, and new research shows some friendly germs produce natural antibiotics that ward off their disease-causing cousins. Now scientists are mixing the ...

Over the past 10 years, researchers from the University of the Witwatersrand analysed small tissue samples of 1 586 children ...

While microbes are everywhere in the world, and in our bodies, many are harmless. Others, however, can be very dangerous.

Lethal lettuce in Missouri. Murderous onions in Colorado. To biochemists at the University of Oklahoma, these aren't just ...

Researchers from Sungkyunkwan University in South Korea examine gut bacteria samples from 28 healthy adults and 14 patients ...

The NHS similarly recommends washing at 60 degrees; though they point out that whilst dust mites dissolve in water, washing ...

Lisa Williams, Executive Housekeeper at The Grand, York, insists there is one area you should 'always' clean first, as it's a ...