Like all living things, bacteria adapt to survive. Over time, bacteria have been developing resistance to common antibiotics ...

COLORADO — Riders on rentable scooters getting them from Point A to Point B around cities in America may not be thinking about something big: The germs. When our reporters talked to folks riding on ...

Learn why food can contain both good and bad bacteria. Here’s the difference, and how to avoid the bad ones.

In the spring of 2021, Brett Finlay, a microbiologist at the University of British Columbia, offered the world a bold and worrying prediction. “My guess is that five years from now we are going to see ...

As flu season begins, it's time to start thinking about where you can pick up germs left behind by others. When you pick up that pen to sign your credit card receipt, did you ever think of how many ...

We don’t want to think about it, but we know it’s true: Our homes are filled with germs, bacteria, and viruses. But do you know just where the biggest germ hotspots are in your house? Research has ...

BOSTON - If you're afraid to touch a toilet seat, perhaps you should be even more afraid of your keyboard. Our fingers and hands become contaminated with all kinds of germs throughout the day, and ...