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Displaying all articles tagged:
Germs
germs
Nov. 19, 2020
Well, at Least We’re Less Disgusting Now
The coronavirus has certainly changed our hygiene habits for the better.
By
Amanda Arnold
coronavirus
Mar. 6, 2020
69 Percent of Men Don’t Wash Their Hands After Using the Bathroom?!
An incredibly not-nice statistic.
By
Amanda Arnold
let’s makeup
Feb. 11, 2020
Oh No, I’ve Been Kind of Gross
Scientists found out that our unwashed beauty products are teeming with bacteria.
By
Kathleen Hou
science of us
Nov. 27, 2018
How Often Should I Wash My Office Water Bottle?
I must know.
By
Edith Zimmerman
wake up and smell the coffee
Oct. 26, 2017
Study Says Starbucks’s Doors Are the Second-Filthiest Surface in New York City
A test found that they’re 25 times germier than the entrance to Grand Central.
By
Clint Rainey
Jan. 12, 2017
Watch: You Touch These Things Every Day — and They’re Disgusting
You probably don’t even realize it.
By
Lizzy Halberstadt
Jan. 3, 2017
Here Are Just a Few of the Disgusting Things That Live on a Dollar Bill
A cashless society never sounded better.
By
Cari Romm
wellness theories
Dec. 29, 2016
Transparent
’s Judith Light on Epsom Salts and Self-Awareness
“Meditation isn’t just about going to a mountaintop.”
By
Judith Light
As told to
Susan Rinkunas
Nov. 3, 2016
It’s Okay to Never Wash Your Coffee Mug
Not quite as gross as it sounds.
By
Cari Romm
wellness theories
Oct. 13, 2016
Melissa Joan Hart on Smelly Soap and Guacamole
The actress on how she stays well with three young kids.
By
Melissa Joan Hart
As told to
Susan Rinkunas
jaundice
Sept. 1, 2016
People Are Getting Hepatitis From Strawberry Smoothies
The outbreak is now in six states.
By
Susan Rinkunas
Aug. 26, 2016
Here’s a Horrifying Story About a Man Who Was Killed by His Own Bagpipes
Musicians, clean your instruments.
By
Cari Romm
germs
June 27, 2016
The Summer of Superbugs Is Upon Us
Another person in the U.S. has drug-resistant E. coli.
By
Susan Rinkunas
June 2, 2016
Send Your Kids to Day Care So They Get Sick — It’s Good for Them
Just ask George Carlin.
By
Drake Baer
the end times
May 26, 2016
Memorial Day Weekend Is Coming, and So Is a Drug-Resistant Superbug
Staying in never sounded so good.
By
Susan Rinkunas
ewwww
Apr. 21, 2016
Your Office Is Covered With Tiny Bugs From Your Co-workers’ Skin
You’re sharing more than just inappropriate memes.
By
Susan Rinkunas
cleanliness and godliness
Apr. 20, 2016
The Right Way to Wash Your Hands
That bathroom doorknob is, of course, covered in germs.
By
Susan Rinkunas
omens
Oct. 23, 2015
How to Avoid Getting Pummeled by a Cold
Batten the hatches.
By
Susan Rinkunas
cleaning up
Sept. 17, 2015
Sorry, Germophobes: You’ve Been Fooled
Antibacterial soaps with this active ingredient don’t work any better than regular suds.
By
Susan Rinkunas
germs
Sept. 4, 2015
The Less You Sleep, the More Colds You’ll Get
New study reveals you should sleep in tomorrow.
By
Susan Rinkunas
ewww
June 9, 2015
We Live in a Poop-Covered World
Your roommate’s poop germs could be on your toothbrush.
By
Susan Rinkunas
the end of beards
May 1, 2015
Men’s Beards Are Actually Vile, Germ-y Cesspools
Time for the Health Department to shut down he lumbersexual trend.
By
Allison P. Davis
look of the day
May 1, 2015
John Mayer Accessorized With a Purell Keychain
Hygienic.
By
Erica Schwiegershausen
Apr. 8, 2015
NASA Scientist Says We’ll Find Aliens Soon — But Don’t Get Too Excited
By aliens, they mean “little microbes.”
By
Jaime Fuller
June 20, 2014
Toilet Seat Covers Only Save You From Germophobia
Bacteria is pretty much inescapable in public restrooms.
By
Melissa Dahl
Germs
Apr. 30, 2014
More Than 100 Food Safety Summit Participants Came Down With Food Poisoning
It’s a microbial whodunnit.
By
Hugh Merwin
Germs
Mar. 12, 2014
Turns Out the Five-Second Rule Is Really a Thing
Pick up your food, dust it off, then give yourself a nasty bout of enterococcus?
By
Clint Rainey
early and awkward
Aug. 2, 2012
Mitt Romney Gets McLuhan’d
The author of
Guns, Germs, and Steel
says Romney is very wrong about the premise of his book.
By
Dan Amira
Blechtacular
June 8, 2012
What a Bust! Hooters Waitress Claims Breastaurant Gave Her TB
Ew.
By
Kara Baskin
Wimpy Kids
Mar. 13, 2012
Are We Raising a Generation of Food Wimps?
These are totally the kids who are going to demand dressing on the side in 20 years.
By
Kara Baskin
health
Nov. 30, 2009
Scientists: Netflix Unlikely to Kill You
Surely it’s only a matter of time before one of those germ-filled Netflix envelopes in your mailbox gives you swine flu or the Ebola virus, right? Maybe not!
By
Lane Brown