germs

The truth about superbugs and antibiotics

There’s good news (the problem is fixable) and bad (a dry drug pipeline)

hygiene, bacterial infections, washing hands

Doctors aren’t washing their hands

New computer system detects unwashed hands

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Learning to love germs

To all the Purel-toting moms and dads out there: it seems the germs kids pick up at daycare might actually make them healthier. A new study from researchers at the University of California, Berkeley suggests that kids who attend day care or play groups have roughly a 30 per cent reduced risk of developing leukemia.