Get this: Your smartphone is 10 times dirtier than a toilet seat, according to microbiologists at the University of Arizona. Sure, many of these germs are harmless. But the researchers make a good ...

I’ve always been a bit of a germophobe (see: compulsive removal of hotel duvet and throw pillows immediately upon arrival), but the current pandemic has inspired a new kind of diligence (obsession?) ...

Just how filthy is the average phone? A 2017 study published in the journal Germs looked at 27 phones owned by teenagers and found that the screens were playing host to viruses and bacteria including ...