Most germs in public toilets spread through hands and air rather than toilet seats, making hygiene far more important than avoiding sitting.

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In lab tests, researchers discovered that 168 chemicals, including those in pesticides and flame retardants, can be harmful to certain bacteria that live in a healthy gut. This is concerning since ...

New study reveals that bacteria can survive antibiotic treatment through two fundamentally different “shutdown modes,” not just the classic idea of dormancy. The researchers show that some cells enter ...

NEW YORK — For many travelers, the prospect of being cooped up in an aircraft for hours breathing recycled air at 30,000 feet is one of the least appealing aspects of a long-haul journey, even if ...

Air in hospitals and airplane cabins is generally free of disease-causing germs, study says Most microbes found were harmless ones associated with human skin Researchers analyzed the outside of face ...

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For years we’ve been hearing about how microplastics are everywhere: from our environment to in our foods, and inside our bodies. There’s even talk that as we move into Earth’s next geological era, ...

The brain is thought to be a sterile environment, free from germs. But unexpected deposits of bacteria have been found inside brain tumors, apparently affecting how the cancers grow and behave, a new ...

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