Bacteria are everywhere on your skin, hair and eyelashes, to name a few of their homes. Bacteria are even in your soap, the very thing you thought washed all the bacteria away.

Regular soap is just as effective as anti-bacterial soap at getting rid of germs through hand washing, a new study finds. In both the lab and the real-life trials, regular soap performed just as ...

Special antimicrobial soap used to fight antibiotic-resistant superbugs in hospitals and nursing homes . California and Illinois are testing a simple strategy in select facilities.

If co-workers and family members are coming down with infections this winter, you may be tempted to turn to an anti-bacterial soap for protection. But some scientists are increasingly concerned ...

Softsoap Antibacterial Liquid Hand Soap has been shown to reduce 99.9% of harmful bacteria and germs, including Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) and Escherichia coli (E. coli).

Antimicrobial soaps are indeed better at lowering the amount of germs on a person’s hands than plain soap — but in most situations, the risks aren’t worth that benefit.

If co-workers and family members are coming down with infections this winter, you may be tempted to turn to an anti-bacterial soap for protection. But some scientists are increasingly concerned ...

In both the lab and the real-life trials, regular soap performed just as well as anti-bacterial soap, which contained the controversial chemical triclosan, according to the study from researchers ...