With every rinse of a sink and flush of a toilet, public health is becoming easier to track thanks to a growing practice known as wastewater monitoring or wastewater surveillance. "This is an ...

Independent lab tests commissioned by a local drainage district found hexavalent chromium, arsenic, and other contaminants in ...

The State Hygienic Lab in Coralville now can test wastewater for influenza, which gives public health officials advance warning of a spike in their community before positive flu tests show up at ...

Independent testing found contaminants not included in lithium refinery's state wastewater permit, raising questions about ...

Scientists at Washington University and the University of Missouri have developed genetically engineered algae and ...

Influenza virus binding to a respiratory tract cell. (File photo courtesy of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) San Diego County’s public health lab announced that it has begun publishing the ...

BIG RAPIDS, Mich. — A lab at Ferris State University is using a new wastewater testing program to help forecast possible infectious disease outbreaks on campus and in surrounding communities. The ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — San Diego County health officials announced Wednesday that are launching a new tool to monitor the spread of disease, and it comes from an unexpected source: wastewater. For ...

The drainage district that commissioned the testing has sent a cease-and-desist letter to the company, which says it is in ...