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

In north Denver, next to the South Platte River is a series of big pools. This is Metro Water Recovery, a treatment plant — the state’s largest according to employees. On a visit there, you can see ...

Now that bird flu has been detected in animals in all 50 states, and nearly 70 cases have been confirmed in people, health officials are racing to find better and more reliable ways to track the virus ...

Testing wastewater was a key tool for detecting COVID-19 as that virus rampaged through the U.S. and Colorado when the pandemic hit. Now, water treatment utilities and public health officials are ...

Less than a month ago, researchers reported for the first time the ability to scan wastewater for signs of the H5 influenza virus currently sickening dairy cows in at least nine states across the U.S.

NEW YORK (AP) — Wastewater testing does a good job at detecting mpox infections, U.S. health officials said in a report Thursday that bolsters a push to use sewage to track more diseases. U.S. Centers ...

San Diego County health officials have launched a new tool to monitor the spread of disease by testing local wastewater for ...

San Diego County's public health lab Wednesday began in-house wastewater testing for diseases circulating through the community, with the results published on an online public dashboard.

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MINNEAPOLIS — The same disease-tracking technology used to monitor COVID levels in Minnesota wastewater will be put to work in search of other viral bugs. The University of Minnesota Medical School ...