If you want your health to be shipshape this summer — you should be aware of the dangerous germs you could be exposed to at the beach. As oceans begin heating up during the summer months, the water ...

These anti-germ hacks have gone viral. NYC board-certified dermatologist Charles Puza, who studied at Harvard and Duke universities, is sharing four tips for getting sick less often. To avoid germs, ...

A bout with a cold or the flu can really take you down. To stay healthy, you need to avoid nasty bugs. But that’s not always easy. Germs are everywhere, and there are plenty of ideas about how to get ...

Antibiotic resistance is a major global health problem: it implies that vital drugs are no longer effective. A study led by researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology at TUD Dresden University of ...

We're masters at scaring ourselves. Mad cow, bird flu, E. coli. Germs, germs, germs. It's enough to make a person want to take a dip in a bathtub filled with rubbing alcohol. While being a germaphobe ...

Friendly germs armed with their own biological syringes and poisons could hold the key to overcoming the antimicrobial resistance crisis, according to a new study by biologists at the Universities of ...

There are lots of unpleasant things about being sick. Leaking slimy green snot is near the top of my yuck list. I talked about it with my friend Linda Eddy. She’s a nurse for kids. She runs the ...

Exercise is good for you – but the gym might not be. Dumbbells, barbells and every machine in between can act as reservoirs for a wide variety of transmissible bacterial, viral and fungal pathogens – ...