Cold germs from someone’s nose or cough can live on surfaces for hours to days, depending on many factors. Learn which ...

How these bacteria survive their airborne journey is key to their persistence, but very little is known about how they ...

Upholstered bed frames can gather bacteria, dust mites, and allergens, so it's crucial to keep them clean. Cleaning experts ...

Researchers from China University of Geosciences investigated how different toilets and ventilation systems impact the spread of airborne bacteria. They focused on two common culprits ...

How these bacteria survive their airborne journey is key to their persistence, but very little is known about how they protect themselves as they waft from one host to the next. Now MIT researchers ...

My family always keeps the toilet lids closed whenever they're not in use for two main reasons: so that our dogs don't drink toilet water, and so nothing gets sprayed throughout the bathroom when we ...

Early diagnosis and treatment of active Tuberculosis is utmost priority, but identifying the latent TB, especially among the ...

So far, much of the research on tuberculosis centers on its pathophysiology—the mechanisms the bacteria use to infect a host ...

Study by MIT and others identifies genes essential for tuberculosis bacterium’s survival during airborne transmission.

The scientists had stressed that the idea of airborne transmission of the new virus was still mostly theoretical, but they’d ...