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The most dangerous part of playing beer pong might not be drinking too much beer. A group of Clemson University students tested pingpong balls being used in beer pong games across campus one weekend last fall and discovered teeming bacteria. More research found that dangerous bacteria such as salmonella, listeria, e. Coli and staph on the balls end up in the beer when players make successful tosses into glasses.

They live on your skin, up your nose, in your gut - enough bacteria, fungi and other microbes that collected together could weigh, amazingly, a few pounds....

Attention, germaphobes. Exposure to the microscopic bugs is crucial for keeping kids healthy, according to new research in the prestigious journal Science.

What's killing us? For decades, global health leaders have focused on diseases that can spread - AIDS, tuberculosis, new flu bugs. They pushed for vaccines, better treatments and other ways to control germs that were only a plane ride away from seeding outbreaks anywhere in the world....

USA TODAY consulted experts to target germ-laden spots and offer tips to avoid bacteria and viruses that could make you sick.

New research has just confirmed the old suspicion that the residences of single men are among the most foul in the land. In fact, they have 15 times the amount of bacteria than do the homes of bachelorettes.

They scream germs: Used gum. A flock of pigeons. A tomb covered with kisses.