Wash your hands and cover your mouth. Here are more simple tips on how to prevent winter illnesses as we head into the ...

Washing with dish soap and running the dishwasher with dish detergent are both great ways to get rid of bacteria and viruses.

Tis the season for getting sick. Here's what to know about the pathogens circulating in the U.S. this December and how to ...

Easy cleaning hacks to get your mattress festive fresh before Santa (and your guests) arrive, using things you already have ...

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 ...

Medically reviewed by Jane Kim, MD Key Takeaways Cold and flu viruses can live on surfaces for a few hours to days. Hard ...

Everyday objects can have unexpectedly large numbers of germs. Oct. 26, 2008 -- Almost every medical or microbe expert in the world will cheerfully tell you the same thing: germs are everywhere, ...

Germs: Call them bacteria, call them viruses: You'll find them pretty much everywhere. Most of them are harmless, but one percent of all those germs can actually cause anything from a runny nose to a ...

Your phone is essentially a portable petri dish. Think about everywhere you take it-the gym, the kitchen, and yes, the bathroom-and then consider that it spends half its life pressed against your face ...

Experts share tips on how to keep your gloves as clean as possible — -- In the winter, gloves hold railings, open doors, push strollers and sometimes even act as your own personal tissue. So what ...

There are many household items that appear harmless but can be breeding grounds for bacteria, dirtier than what you think.

In our ongoing series "Germ Warfare," "The Early Show" goes into the home and office and onto the streets looking for the places where bacteria hide. CBS News correspondent Kelly Wallace reported that ...