F or years, parents have been shelling out bucks for antibacterial soap, figuring the extra antibacterial boost would give their dirty little ones a leg up when it came to fighting germs. Now, the FDA ...

Letting kids play in the dirt, Hill pointed out, is the first of five immune-system-building steps parents should take for their kids. Next, "absolutely" wash using regular soap, not the ...

Many soaps and other consumer products have chemicals that are advertised as antibacterial. But there's no evidence that they actually keep people from getting sick, the FDA says. And they may ...

Antibacterial soap, oversanitizing associated with allergies, ... 140,000 kids under age 14 end up in the hospital for traumatic brain injury because of a bicycle crash; ...

In 2009, Americans reacted to the H1N1 flu epidemic by buying antibacterial soaps in record amounts. Sales have continued to climb each year since, and are likely to skyrocket now, in response to ...

The reason for the link between antibacterial soaps and allergies has to do with the hygiene hypothesis, a theory about how the immune system develops and reacts to assaults.

Frequent use of antibacterial soaps in nursing mothers could harm their babies, a new study finds. The study, which was conducted on rats, showed that exposure to the compound may reduce the ...

No matter which kind you use, antibacterial cleansers are no better at killing germs than soap and water—plus, they can really screw up your skin. Here’s how.

Everyone has preferences, and this includes which soap you reach for: be it a pump or bar. Even further, many believe that antibacterial soaps are the better pick than a traditional bar soap. But ...