Cold and flu viruses can live on surfaces for a few hours to days. Hard surfaces, like stainless steel and plastic, can keep viruses infectious longer. Viruses can spread through respiratory droplets ...

Not only humans are social, ants are too. Group members are taking care of sick ones by providing collective hygiene measures. This presents germs with a task. They must circumvent the immunity of an ...

You've probably heard a lot of talk about germs and how to avoid them. Did you know that animals and people both have germs that we give to each other? Even pets and the animals used for food, called ...