Doorknobs and TV remotes are germ hotbeds
Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - 14:35
in Health & Medicine
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Someone in your house have the sniffles? Watch out for the refrigerator door handle. The TV remote, too. A new study finds that cold sufferers often leave their germs there, where they can live for two days or longer. Scientists at the University of Virginia, long known for its virology research, tested surfaces in the homes of people with colds and reported the results Tuesday at the nation's premier conference on infectious diseases....
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