Wastewater testing has become an important part of public health in the last five years, providing an early warning for ...

As COVID-19 testing becomes less routine, official case numbers can make outbreaks look smaller than they really are. A ...

Researchers say sewage testing in New Orleans and across the country tracks viruses, often before people feel sick.

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 ...

Two new studies from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show wastewater monitoring of measles can flag measles spread days to weeks in advance.

Lessons learned during COVID-19 are helping health officials keep us safer from other pathogens. Wastewater testing, which became widely used during the pandemic, is becoming more common for things ...

Wastewater surveillance testing for measles can alert public health authorities before and during a measles outbreak.

Public health is a key component of a thriving community. A new way to gauge illnesses could alert healthcare providers even ...

Wastewater surveillance, a public health tool that expanded rapidly during the COVID-19 pandemic, is now being used in Utah ...

The health department said the wastewater sample was taken from the Theresa Street Water Resource Recovery Facility in north ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jun. 17—A sample taken from wastewater in Deming has tested positive for measles, a possible indicator that the virus is active in ...