How Not To Get Sick On A Plane: A Guide To Avoiding Pathogens
Here are recommendations from researchers on how to stave off infectious diseases such as the common cold and the flu during a flight.
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Proposal: Let's Create A Frozen Noah's Ark For Helpful Germs
It'd be like the Global Seed Vault on the frigid island of Spitsbergen, Norway — only it would contain helpful human bacteria.
Federal Efforts To Control Rare And Deadly Bacteria Working
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's efforts to control drug-resistant bacteria finds that the percentage of bacteria carrying this resistance is declining. But it wants more data.
'Dirt Is Good': Why Kids Need Exposure To Germs
Should I use antibacterial soaps? How often should I bathe my child? Those are just some of the questions Jack Gilbert, a microbiome scientist, answers in his new book.
VIDEO: When Humans Got Cozy, Germs Got Deadly
Our first germs didn't do much damage, until we gave up our hunter-gatherer ways and started farming. Episode 1 of a three-part animated miniseries on the battle between humans and germs.