The researchers tested to see if bacteria on shoes would transfer to the tile floors in a house. More than 90 percent of the time it did. Carpeting harbors bacteria even more. "GMA's" test results ...

Surprisingly, the researchers found bacteria is least likely to transfer onto food from carpeted surfaces, and moist foods, such as pasta and sweets, are the most likely to follow the five-second ...

Flies can spread bacteria from place-to-place on their legs, feet and wings, experiments show. In fact, every step taken by a fly can transfer live bacteria, researchers said. ''People had some ...