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 more ...

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 cake ...

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 Food ...

To a mask-wearing populace purposefully engaged in the avoidance of all things breath and spit, the practice of blowing out birthday candles is an act that could turn a happy celebrant into a social ...

Editor’s note: A recent experiment at Clemson University examined the potential spread of bacteria from people blowing out candles on birthday cakes. We all look forward to that one day a year when ...

One of the most common birthday traditions is making a wish and blowing out candles. This tradition has been around since ancient times. Many of those ancient cultures believed that the smoke from the ...

As a small child, I remember attending other children’s birthday parties at our local roller rink or McDonald’s and thinking, “Eww, I don’t want to eat that cake that some other kid essentially just ...

Mitt Romney: Republican senator from Utah, onetime presidential hopeful and . . . awkward birthday boy. For Romney’s 72nd birthday on Tuesday, his team surprised him at his desk with a platter of ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- This might have you thinking twice about accepting a slice of birthday cake. A recent study by the Journal of Food Research confirms what you may already know, that blowing out ...

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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 Food ...