Germs do not spread at the speed of a Twitter text message. Still, germs can spread at an extraordinary rate, one which recently gave Union students a good reason to “tweet” their friends. They wanted ...

The spread of the H1N1 flu, the "swine flu," is thought to spread from person to person through coughing or sneezing. Health officials encourage you to wash your hands often with soap and warm water.

How many bacteria live on a subway seat? What about on your wallet? In your dog's mouth? These are all questions that TikToker @the_lab_life1 endeavors to answer. By taking samples from everyday ...

Unlike germs, however, it can be seen under a blacklight, enabling Rober to track how it spreads through his day-long experiment in a classroom. The teacher was doused with the invisible powder prior ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - Gather your supplies, Science Academy Episode 1 is here! In this episode learn how germs work, especially going into flu season. How washing your hands can help to stop the ...

Need another teaching tool to get your kids to wash their hands? A fairly recent viral video shows a simple but powerful way to get your point across. Facebook user Kelly Rose Sarno shared a short ...

Live Science spoke with author Thomas Levenson about his new book on the history of germ theory. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Bacteria from fecal material -- in particular, dog fecal material -- may constitute the dominant source of airborne bacteria in Cleveland’s and Detroit’s wintertime air, says a new University of ...

Is life without germs possible? Pasteur thought not; he held that animals and other vertebrates need intestinal bacteria. But last week the New York Zoological Society reported experiments that seemed ...

Germ theory is the idea that pathogens can invade the human body and cause disease — and it wasn't always accepted. Evidence for germ theory accumulated over time, and as it did, it butted against ...