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On June 2, NPR All Things Considered anchor Mary Louise Kelly stepped into the elevator in her hotel in Atlanta to see, next to the perfectly normal-looking metal elevator buttons, a skinny white ...

Astronauts live and work in orbit along with teeming populations of microorganisms, which could present a serious threat to health – and even the structural integrity of spacecraft. To help combat ...

A disinfectant wipe that included an additive to let people temporarily see which surfaces were sanitized led to cleaner rooms and quicker cleaning times, a new study shows. The report was published ...

A new study published today in the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC) reports microbial contamination - including pathogenic and potentially pathogenic bacteria - on high-touch hospital ...