Sometimes you can get a disease by visiting a gift shop where GIANT Microbes are sold. flickr photo by Anna C. Brandao Alves Good news: Now you can give people sexually transmitted diseases ...

Instead of standard Christmas gifts, a growing number of people are looking under the tree for giant stuffed cold germs, cuddly E. coli, hugworthy heartworm and other oddities from Oliver's ...

In this Nov. 24, 2010 photo, from left, Rabies, yogurt and E. Coli are represented in stuffed toys by Drew Oliver, owner of Giant Microbes, seen in his Stamford, Conn. offices.

Gray discovered Giant Microbes after writing on her blog, www.starkravingmadmommy.com, about her 4-year-old son’s germ anxiety after preschool lessons on hygiene.

Gray discovered Giant Microbes after writing on her blog, www.starkravingmadmommy.com, about her 4-year-old son's germ anxiety after preschool lessons on hygiene.