It all started after a quick visit to the all-gender restroom on the second floor in Soto. The restroom, notably farthest from all of the other residents, used to be the perfect location for all of ...

Keeping the toilet seat lid down before flushing doesn't entirely prevent germ spread, as tiny airborne particles still ...

Castro says that closing the toilet lid before flushing should decrease the radius of aerosol plumes and minimize the likelihood of particles reaching respiratory zones, but it has not been proven. To ...

File this one under “Studies We Wish Had Let Us Remain Ignorant.” Scientists at the University of Arizona decided to investigate whether closing the toilet lid before flushing reduces ...

The mentally ill teen boy, locked in an isolation cell for 24 hours at one of Kentucky’s juvenile detention centers on April 26, believed his toilet was possessed by a ghost. The toilet kept flushing ...

A study found that the floor and walls around the toilet could still get contaminated with viruses from the toilet bowl even when the lid is down during flushing. (Photo: Getty) Will shutting the ...

A scientist wants to clear the air on how bathroom habits impact overall cleanliness. Microbiologist Tim Call, 32, has exposed how dirty your bathroom is before and after flushing the toilet. Cal, ...