Your biggest organ is a home to hundreds of different kinds of germs, and everyday they slough off. The second source of germs comes from your respiratory tree—your mouth and nose.

And because bacteria can adapt over time, overuse of antibiotics has created more and more bacterial strains that resist ...

Bacteria are classified into different groups depending on their shape. There are five distinct bacterial shapes: spherical, ...

Living inside your gut are 300 to 500 different kinds of bacteria containing nearly 2 million genes. Paired with other tiny organisms like viruses and fungi, they make what’s known as the ...

Viruses and bacteria that can cause illnesses like COVID-19, RSV, ... Different germs last different lengths of time. Influenza can live for up to 24 to 48 hours on hard surfaces. [4] ...

We've already seen antibacterial surfaces that kill microbes on contact, but scientists in the UK have recently gone a ...

“Sanitizing” is different from cleaning. That’s one of the many things people get wrong about removing germs that Purdue experts want consumers to understand. Amanda Deering , associate professor of ...

Uncomplicated UTIs also only occur due to specific bacteria, which are behind the vast majority of cases. If a different bacteria causes the UTI, doctors will consider it to be a complicated UTI.