A lot of healthcare communities, including long-term care, invested in ultraviolet-C light to kill germs during the pandemic. But new research has found that UV-C doesn’t do much to curtail healthcare ...

Last summer the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning about eight brands of UV wands that it said give off unsafe levels of radiation. The FDA today updated that list to include five more ...

If you use an ultraviolet wand to disinfect and kill germs — or are thinking about it — be aware that certain brands may produce unsafe levels of radiation and should not be used. The U.S. Food and ...