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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- Maybe you should make another wish the next time you have birthday cake -- that your guests won't get sick. A new study says blowing out those candles on the birthday ...

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 ...

We’re talking about cake after all; not even a food safety expert is about to get in your way of enjoying it. Unless the person blowing out birthday candles is under the weather or “spittier ...

The 2017 study had also pointed towards the same thing. Cake is the most important part of a birthday party. People across the world celebrate the occasion by blowing the candles places on a ...

The "good 4 u" singer celebrated her birthday with a simple cake. In a post on her Instagram, Rodrigo smiled in front of the single-tiered creation with white frosting, two candles and "Happy ...

It turns out that it's not only mischievous kids who will do everything in their power to blow out the candles ... cake—elderly folks are in the same boat too. "After everyone sang my 19th ...

A woman’s spontaneous gesture at a restaurant — inviting a little boy to blow out her birthday candles — became a viral ...