Sherwin-Williams hopes to help curb hospital-acquired infections with a new paint that can kill 99.9 percent of dangerous bacteria. Getty Images — -- Sherwin-Williams has announced that it's ...

Studies have found that nearly a quarter of drugs that aren’t normally prescribed as antibiotics, such as medications used to treat cancer, diabetes and depression, can kill bacteria at doses ...

A bacteria killing coating created by scientists has been used in trials of a new paint that can be applied to a range of surfaces to effectively kill bacteria and viruses, including difficult to ...

Long before humans became interested in killing bacteria, viruses were on the job. Viruses that attack bacteria, termed "phages" (short for bacteriophage), were first identified by their ability ...

Initially, phages were seen as a way to treat bacterial infections, because they are harmless to humans and can kill specific bacteria while leaving others alone. Interest died away once antibiotic ...