sterilization

UV radiation is deadly enough to many microorganisms that hospitals routinely use it for sterilization.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

Wolbachia occurs naturally in mosquitoes, and scientists found they could exploit it: if the male carries the bacteria but the female does not, or carries a different strain, sterilization occurs.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

The staffers were also early adopters of telemedicine; the deadly nature of the Ebola virus required intense sterilization of anything that came into contact with a patient.

From Slate ● May 14, 2026

Around him were additional signs of disrepair: an X-ray examination board without a functioning backlight, and a dust-covered ultraviolet sterilization machine that hadn’t worked in months.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2026

There are possibilities, too, that insects of medical importance might be controlled by sterilization.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

What the researchers found was that despite all the attention on male vasectomies post-Dobbs, the rise in tubal sterilizations among females was twice as high as the increase among vasectomies in males.

From Salon ● Apr. 12, 2024

Vermont authorized voluntary sterilizations in 1931, becoming one of more than two dozen states to do so.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 27, 2023

And several past presidents supported voluntary and compulsory eugenic sterilizations at some point in their careers.

From Science Magazine ● Jan. 24, 2023

“I’ve had more consultations for sterilizations in volume per patient load than I’ve ever had in my career,” Muldrow said Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2022

But Priddy was concerned that his attempts to achieve eugenic sterilizations would still be challenged by state and federal courts.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee