Your child's bedroom or playroom should be a germ- and allergen-free place to play and relax. Keep these things clean with ...

Introducing "good bacteria" into your home may help prevent your children from developing childhood illnesses like asthma, a researcher said. Homes have become exceptionally clean these days, thanks ...

Hand sanitizers made with at least 60% alcohol help kill gems, according to the CDC. These are the top options from Purell, ...

Soaking dishes makes sense right? It loosens stuck food residue for easier cleanup. But too long a soak actually breeds germs, so here's how to do it right.

Forget colorful leaves. Any caregiver knows that the real signs of fall are kids with coughs, sneezes and sniffles. Autumn marks the start of respiratory virus season, when colds, flu and other bugs ...

Doctors have long been warned to go easy on antibiotics and sulfa drugs. When used with routine frequency, such germ killers may defeat their own purpose by leading to ever more resistant germs. Now ...

A large proportion of a baby’s developing microbiota comes from their peers at nursery, even after just one month of ...

Exercise is good for you – but the gym might not be. Dumbbells, barbells and every machine in between can act as reservoirs for a wide variety of transmissible bacterial, viral and fungal pathogens – ...