The Georgetown Emergency Response Medical Service (GERMS), an entirely student-run, volunteer emergency ambulance service, welcomed 12 new members and a new supervisory vehicle to begin the academic ...

The invisible spray is never OK. Flushing the toilet with the lid down does not stop the spread of small germs, a study published Thursday in the American Journal of Infection Control found.

Georgetown Emergency Response Medical Service received the Excellence in Service Student Group Award from the Maryland-D.C. Campus Compact last week for its commitment to voluntary service and civic ...

If you were asked to name the germiest surface in your bathroom, you might say it’s the toilet seat, or even the toilet flush ...

There are lots of unpleasant things about being sick. Leaking slimy green snot is near the top of my yuck list. I talked about it with my friend Linda Eddy. She’s a nurse for kids. She runs the ...

An item becoming increasingly popular in homes across the US could be harboring germs and make people ill. The Centres for Disease Control (CDC) states the that humidifiers are the ideal environment ...

“When kids return to school, they are suddenly in close contact with many students who are outside of their summer social circle and could be exposed to new germs, which can lead to an increase in ...

First published in the United States by W.W.Norton and Company, on March 1 1997, Guns, Germs and Steel was initially subtitled ‘The Fates of Human Societies.’ Within a few months, this subtitle had ...