It's a Friday evening. You've decided to stay home and watch a movie with your family. You made some snacks, including a delicious platter of nachos with some queso dip. You're just getting to the ...

The spread of the H1N1 flu, the "swine flu," is thought to spread from person to person through coughing or sneezing. Health officials encourage you to wash your hands often with soap and warm water.

A common antiseptic used to clean hospital patients' skin can linger on surfaces for hours, creating breeding grounds for bacteria to become tolerant, or even gain resistance, to chemicals that ...

Have you ever wondered why most disinfectants indicate they kill 99.9% or 99.99% of germs, but never promise to wipe out all of them? Perhaps the thought has crossed your mind mid-way through cleaning ...