Beware the ball pit. Ball pits used in children's physical therapy - similar to those made popular by restaurants catering to families - may contribute to germ transmission between patients, according ...

Ball pits used in children's physical therapy -- similar to those made popular by restaurants catering to families -- may contribute to germ transmission between patients, according to new research.

Beware the ball pit. Ball pits used in children's physical therapy—similar to those made popular by restaurants catering to families—may contribute to germ transmission between patients, according to ...

Researchers at the University of North Georgia looked at six ball pits used for physical therapy in kids and found they contained 31 species of bacteria and one species of yeast, several of which can ...

Ball pits are colorful, fun and ... crawling with germs, according to a study published late last month in the American Journal of Infection Control. To conduct the study, researchers with the ...

New study finds that a considerable amount of microbial colonization is found in pit balls located in pediatric physical therapy clinical settings. Ball pits used in children's physical therapy may ...

Ball pits promise fun and games for little kids, but a new study revealed that these fun zones are actually contaminated with germs that can make kids sick. Physical therapy clinics have ball pits in ...

BOSTON (CBS) – Does your child just love to romp around in a pool of colorful balls? A new study finds that ball pits can be riddled with germs. Researchers at the University of North Georgia looked ...