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 ...

Testing wastewater to assess the spread of the COVID-19 virus became common and well-publicized during the pandemic, but it has been focused mostly on urban areas. The Appalachian Regional Commission ...

Early wastewater monitoring identifies significant influenza virus levels, highlighting the urgent need for coordinated public health responses as human and animal infections converge during the H5N1 ...

You might say COVID-19 testing has gone down the drain. It doesn’t mean it’s no longer a problem. But it’s helping us know how big of a problem. People pass COVID-19 in their feces, which then flows ...

Testing wastewater to assess the spread of the COVID-19 virus became common and well-publicized during the pandemic, but it has been focused mostly on urban areas. The Appalachian Regional Commission ...

A sign, seen on Wednesday, marks the location of the John M. Asplund Wastewater Treatment Facility near Point Woronzof in Anchorage. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon) The Alaska Division of Public ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As researchers increasingly rely on wastewater testing to monitor the spread of bird flu, some are questioning the reliability of ...

Wastewater monitoring has gained momentum as a valuable tool for tracking infectious diseases, offering early indicators of trends and emerging variants. Existing methods often require centralized ...

Study shows how places without modern sanitation systems can still use wastewater to catch outbreaks before dangerous diseases travel across borders Every day, we release clues about our health ...

Contracts are in place for a $7 million project that will test the wastewater of public schools in Missouri for signs of fentanyl and other drug use. Contracts are in place for a project that will ...

A new technical paper titled “Practical Guidance on Selecting Analytical Methods for PFAS in Semiconductor Manufacturing Wastewater” was published by researchers at Oregon State University, Corvallis.