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 ...

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.

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 ...

As researchers increasingly rely on wastewater testing to monitor the spread of bird flu, some are questioning the reliability of the tests being used. Above, the Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant in ...

Jun. 17—A sample taken from wastewater in Deming has tested positive for measles, a possible indicator that the virus is active in the area, according to the New Mexico Department of Health. Taken on ...

Testing the wastewater from airplanes could provide a valuable tool in tracing the origin of COVID-19 variants and other disease, potentially speeding the public health response and slowing the ...

Ahead of cold and flu season, the Ohio County Health Department released the numbers for some viruses that are coming along with winter.Over the weekend, the de ...

A handful of Bay Area communities are now turning to their wastewater to track their opioid crisis. The same tech that is being used to track COVID will now help them track fentanyl and meth in hopes ...

The Allegheny County Sanitary Authority's wastewater treatment plant. Hiding deep in the sprawling spiderweb of sewers across Allegheny County is the potential key to unlocking a major public health ...

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is adding testing locations across the state to expand its collection of wastewater to be tested to show the presence of disease or illness ...

MHD tracks COVID-19, flu and RSV levels through public wastewater testing. FOX6 News got a behind-the-scenes look at the process on Thursday. Health officials said data shows respiratory viruses are ...

As health officials turn increasingly toward wastewater testing as a means of tracking the spread of H5N1 bird flu among U.S. dairy herds, some researchers are raising questions about the ...