A kitchen sponge is one of the dirtiest items in your home. Learn how to clean a kitchen sponge and tell when it's time to toss it.

Health care workers often wash their scrubs at home, but doing so may be contributing to the spread of antibiotic-resistant infections in hospitals, new research suggests. Home washing machines ...

INDIANAPOLIS — When it comes to killing bacteria at home, many of us reach for the strongest cleaner we can find. But do you really need heavy-duty chemicals to do the job? To find out, 13News bought ...

A small percentage of nursing home patients are carrying multidrug-resistant bacteria into hospitals without showing symptoms, according to research from the American Journal of Infection Control.

Legionella bacteria has been found in the water at the Grand Island Veterans Home. The water at the facility was tested because the same bacteria was found in the Veterans Affairs Medical Center. The ...

Toothpaste is meant to keep bacteria at bay, but an inspection from the Food and Drug Administration found that water contaminated with dangerous bacteria was used to manufacture batches of ...

Texans and other visitors looking to enjoy oceanside views may not be aware that bacteria could ruin their trip to the beach. Swimming at beaches along the Texas Gulf Coast is not recommended when ...

What they bring back may help us get to the bottom of public health problems on Earth, like antibiotic resistance and infectious disease spread. There’s a secret, extra member of Crew-11 traveling to ...