Public health concerns over infectious diseases have surged back into headlines just four years after COVID-19 concerns receded to background status. A highly infectious variant of hantavirus broke ...

In early 2020, as the United States and the rest of the world were coming to terms with the COVID-19 pandemic, it became clear that there was a growing need for personal protective equipment, or PPE.

The COVID-19 epidemic has brought about a greatly increased use in personal protective equipment (PPE), including face masks and gloves designed to prevent the spread of the virus. Recycling discarded ...

A new health hazard is washing up on shores around the world. “They found a lot of it in Italy. They found a lot of PPE in beaches of Japan and Southeast Asia,” said senior scientist Jennifer Brandon, ...

Troy University, based in Troy, Alabama, has received a $3.5 million federal grant to help fund its research and development of methods to recycle personal protective equipment (PPE). The production, ...

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PPE, syringes, and other single-use plastics in the medical sector are a major contributor to the plastic problem. But the industry can be part of the solution, too. The global attention on plastic ...

Biology students at The Citadel want to determine just how harmful plastic personal protective equipment used during the COVID-19 pandemic can be on coastal environments like those in Charleston. They ...