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Communal bathrooms can harbor plenty of pathogens, but simple precautions will help keep them at bay.
Should you put your toilet paper roll in the "over" or "under" position? Society's greatest debate has been settled at last. …
The odds of becoming ill from using a public bathroom are slim. But there are a few things you can do to minimize your risk…
Following on all things Schaffner, a professor of food science at Rutgers, who has been studying hand washing for years and…
We all know that the homes we believe belong to us are actually varied landscapes in which billions of creatures live, but we…
by Elio Schaechter and Joshua…
This month in PLoS ONE: Bathroom germs, yawn contagion and more! The specific locations and breeds of bacteria found in public…
In no particular order or ranking, recent and not-so-recent articles from PLoS-1. The common thread (if any): I thought they…
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Germs have social networks, at least in public restrooms (via PLoS):
I am heading a journal club discussion today of the following paper: PLoS ONE: Microbial Biogeography of Public Restroom…
Whether you're intentionally starting your Christmas shopping or you unwittingly get swept into Macy's by a tide of deal-seekers…
Photo: Medical Tips BlogThere's a new paper in PLoS One on the biogeography of public restrooms (full text here). In other…
…especially on toilets which, by the way, saved humanity, changed our ecology, and made the modern city possible. If you are…