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 ...

Your cell phone picks up bacteria everywhere it goes. (Touching it 47 times a day, the national average, doesn’t help.) Not to worry, though: doing this just a few times a month will likely protect ...

A quick Google search suggests that your cell phone may be germier than a toilet seat. Regardless of whether these reports are true or false, cold and flu season is at its height, making now a prime ...

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?) ...

CBS NEWS-- Despite their sleek, clean design, cell phones harbor loads of bacteria. That's because they go everywhere with us -- even into the bathroom. Cell phones contain a concoction of all of the ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. With all the talk of washing or sanitizing your hands, it ...

With the COVID-19 pandemic, hygiene awareness soared, but one major germ carrier was, and still is, overlooked: our phones. Studies show most mobile phones carry far more bacteria than toilet seats.

The massive tech and music conference South by Southwest (SXSW) is canceled. Italy has locked down 16 million people. Supermarkets are gutted, and lines are finally forming outside men’s restrooms ...