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Your Paw-some Question | Why do we have germs on our hands?

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Cosmo and I learn about microbes, thanks to Eric Lofrgren, an infectious disease expert at WSU.

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© Washington State UniversityLength 4 min18 September 2025Season 5Episode 11ScienceFactsUSAEpisodic

Episode 1: Coins, Robots, Bees, Food, Dogs, Microbes

Episode 1: Coins, Robots, Bees, Food, Dogs, Microbes

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Cosmo and I learn about microbes, thanks to Eric Lofrgren, an infectious disease expert at WSU.

Resources you can use:

hear what microbes arewhere they live in the environmenthow some skin bacteria help us outwhat biofilms are...and check out this bellybutton bacteria scientists studyOh, and wash your paws! =^..^=

As always, submit burning questions at askdruniverse.wsu.edu. Who knows where your questions will take us next.


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