germs

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Cleaning air filters removes dust, pet hair and germs, and — the best part — replacing them is inexpensive and easy.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 28, 2026

Antibiotics are another standard treatment, and doctors are growing reluctant to prescribe them widely because of the spread of antibiotic-resistant germs.

From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026

The empire was beset in these decades by Germans as well as germs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

And young children, who are still developing immunity to common germs and also like to stick their fingers in their mouth and eyes, share a lot of germs.

From Slate • Jan. 9, 2026

Hence many germs have had to evolve tricks to let them spread between potential victims, and many of those tricks are what we experience as “symptoms of disease.”

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond