When you go through airport security, you might wish you had a pair of gloves on like the TSA agents do.
Researchers have evidence that the plastic trays in security lines are a haven for respiratory viruses. The trays likely harbor more of these pathogens than the flushing button on the airport toilets, researchers reported last week in BMC Infectious Diseases.
Eww.
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