There are all kinds of genius inventions designed to help us keep our bathrooms clean. But is one of the more permanent fixtures in your bathroom—the toilet—working against your best efforts? While ...

Most germs in public toilets spread through hands and air rather than toilet seats, making hygiene far more important than avoiding sitting.

Just like the great debate over which way the toilet paper roll goes, there is a similar spat over flushing: lid open or closed? Scientists have weighed in with their own woeful conclusion: Neither is ...

Our bathrooms are a strange mix of biological necessity, hydraulic engineering, and personal hygiene. Within the same small ...

The invisible spray is never OK. Flushing the toilet with the lid down does not stop the spread of small germs, a study published Thursday in the American Journal of Infection Control found.

It's been said that closing the toilet lid before flushing can prevent the spread of all germs, by keeping any flush-produced mist in the bowl. But a new study refutes that, showing that tiny viral ...

Bathrooms are a breeding ground for bacteria, making it essential to find ways to keep this high-traffic space as clean as possible. While most people agree that toilets harbor germs, there's an ...

Is it true that there’s an invisible plume of pathogens that spews out of the toilet when you flush it — and that it can make you sick? When you flush a toilet, aerosols containing any pathogen ...

If you’re a parent or have a chronic health condition that needs quick or frequent trips to the bathroom, you’ve probably ...

Toilet seats are blamed for almost everything, so they tend to be cleaned more often than most household surfaces. Meanwhile, ...