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

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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 ...

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

To stay safe from germs, what places need a good cleaning the most? Sept. 5, 2008— -- Many surfaces and objects you come in contact with every day are covered in germs -- but then again, so are ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoans, and helminths are all types of germs that can spread infection and disease. Your immune system may protect ...

Next time you go through airport security, you may want to wash your hands afterwards. A new study finds airport security bins are a hotbed for germs that can cause illnesses in humans, such as the ...

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 ...

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, ...

Unless you're working out at the Cleanest Gym Ever (If so, may we have a guest pass, please?) or in the comfort of your own home, an at least sort-of-dirty locker room is pretty much inevitable. There ...