In 2017, a widely circulated study (unappetizingly titled Bacterial Transfer Associated with Blowing Out Candles on a Birthday Cake) revealed that “blowing out the candles over the icing surface ...

A new study says blowing out those candles on the birthday cake spreads not only thousands of tiny drops of saliva, but each aerosol drop carries with it a host of germs that can make you sick.

Blowing out birthday candles is an age-old tradition, but it's something that's more likely to make people cringe than cheer in the age of COVID-19. Thanks to the pandemic, we've all become a lot ...

Those colorful candles burning brightly atop a birthday cake may look lovely, but apparently blowing them out has some pretty disgusting side effects, researchers say. A study in the Journal of ...

Thanks for singing "Happy Birthday" to me. Now I am going to spit all over the cake you'll eat. That's essentially what happens when you blow out the candles on a birthday cake. And where there's ...

A new study revealed that blowing out birthday candles increases bacteria on the cake by 1,400 percent, which is downright disgusting if you’re a germophobe.. So even though it’s one of the ...

Blowing out birthday candles is fun, but your spit is the icing on the cake — quite literally. Scientists say that puckering up and making a wish sends varying amounts of bacteria flying onto ...

Researchers have even tested the potential spread of bacteria from blowing out birthday candles. In a 2017 study , researchers spread icing on a sheet of foil, which was layered over a styrofoam ...

A mother has sparked a debate after she gave her other children the opportunity to blow out her daughter’s birthday candles.. Earlier this month, mother of four and vlogger Cecily Bauchmann took ...

According to a recent study, blowing out the candles on your birthday cake can increase the number of bacteria on the cake by 1,400% No, that's not a typo. 1,400% ...