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COVID boosted efforts to track diseases in wastewater
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, wastewater sampling wasn't routinely done for public health purposes. But as the case number ...
Innovative boot sock sampling reveals E. coli levels in surface soils of informal settlements
Researchers in Fiji's informal settlements are using their own footsteps to detect the hidden pathogens in soil that ...
Elevated bacteria levels found at wastewater treatment plant in Kailua
The City and County of Honolulu said it has found elevated bacteria levels at the Kailua Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant ...
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How wastewater data has evolved 5 years after the pandemic began
When Covid first hit the U.S. in 2020, the Cambridge-based company Biobot Analytics quickly rose to national prominence with it's disease tracking technology.
Wastewater testing helped track COVID-19’s spread. Bird flu might prove harder to monitor
Enter wastewater surveillance — a tool public health officials used during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic to monitor the ...
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Researchers develop enhanced method for wastewater surveillance of antibiotic resistance
Antibiotic resistance is a global concern that threatens our ability to prevent and treat bacterial infections in humans and animals. To better monitor the emergence and spread of resistance, ...
How disease detectives are hunting for viruses at major U.S. airports
A CDC program tests wastewater from airplanes, looking for pathogens that may have hitched a ride with passengers on long-haul international flights.