JAMES ISLAND, S.C. — A woman lost her left hand after a freak accident at her house in James Island, South Carolina, early last month involving a hair dryer. “The last thing I have recollection of is ...

A biologist has cautioned that public bathroom hand dryers could do more harm than good. After using a public bathroom, it is essential to thoroughly wash your hands with soap to help eliminate any ...

The assignment from Nichole Ward’s microbiology professor was simple: Choose a location, open a petri dish for three minutes and observe what grew over the next two days. No one’s sample came back ...

This is what germs don't want you to know You’re finishing up washing your hands in a public restroom and have a split-second decision to make: Do you blast them with the jet dryer … or burn through ...

If buffet utensils are covered in germs, hotel hair dryers are swimming with bacteria and television remotes should be called "dirt hubs," then we don't even want to know the deal with hand dryers.