Germs are the seeds of life as well as disease, explains Tierno, the New York University Medical Center doctor who helped solve the mystery of toxic shock syndrome. A germ hunter in the truest sense, ...

Why do people get fevers when we get sick? It’s a common misconception that pathogens, such as SARS-CoV-2 or the flu, cause fevers. But it’s not that simple, report Phil Starks and Harry Bernheim, ...

Germs are all over the place, all the time. Truly, those little microbes are living, dying, and multiplying in all of our homes and public spaces at all hours, nonstop. Sure, there's no doubt that ...

Eighty percent of germs are spread by our hands, and even though the CDC says that hand-washing is the best way to reduce the spread of germs, a study by Michigan State University found that only five ...

Families go to great lengths to avoid germs and illnesses, but shared pens are an often overlooked breeding ground for bacteria and viruses. Pens in places like doctor’s offices, banks and schools are ...

The Stewart C. Meyer provided several health-related topics and programs throughout the month of February for both children and adults, but just because it’s now a new month on the calendar doesn’t ...

A group of young scientist at Shimek Elementary School are getting a lesson in germs. These students are known as the “germinators,” and they are a group of 6th grade students studying germs found ...