“Sanitizing” is different from cleaning. That’s one of the many things people get wrong about removing germs that Purdue experts want consumers to understand. “A sanitizer reduces the number of ...

One of the hardest working tools in the kitchen is a sponge. You grab it to wipe a counter, wash a dish, and scrub the sink. But, how often do you clean the sponge? Just think of all the bits that are ...

Human history was forever changed with the discovery of antibiotics in 1928. Infectious diseases such as pneumonia, tuberculosis and sepsis were widespread and lethal until antibiotics made them ...

Target these high touch surfaces to reduce your family’s risk of contracting viruses that spread through contaminated surfaces. Picture this: You just finished washing your hands, only to grab your ...

Hospitals and public spaces are locked in a quiet arms race with microbes that cling to surfaces, shrug off disinfectants, and evolve around our best drugs. Now researchers are turning to a Nobel ...

The World Health Organization estimates that antibiotic resistant infections kill more than a million people worldwide every year, so many researchers are actively looking for new ways to combat it.

The common cold and diseases like influenza are caused by germs called viruses. These germs are infectious and can stay on ...

Each winter, cold and flu season reaches its peak. That leaves a lot of people dealing with coughing, sneezing and fevers. People often take fever reducers to lower their body temperature when they’re ...

Fluorescent nanomaterials smaller than 10 nm can disrupt drug-resistant bacteria through multiple mechanisms while enabling real-time imaging, offering a new direction in antimicrobial strategy ...