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The most effective strategy involved sterilizing about 22% of adult female koalas each year in areas with the highest population densities rather than applying the approach across the entire region.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

Germaphobic parents will appreciate the UV sterilizing glovebox, if not want to crawl in themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

Because when doctors and dentists practiced universal precautions—like wearing gloves and properly sterilizing their equipment—there was almost no risk of HIV transmission.

From Slate • Jun. 25, 2025

But with limited budgets and climate change threatening to make the pest situation worse, researchers are studying another yet-to-be-proven approach: sterilizing almost a million moths a day with radiation and dropping them out of planes.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2024

Mr. van Daan hadn’t gotten the jars hot enough when he was sterilizing them, so Father ended up making jam every evening.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank