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

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

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.

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 ...

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

Two new studies from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show wastewater monitoring of measles can flag measles ...

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 ...

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

The Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department said Friday that measles has recently been detected in a local wastewater ...

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 ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation wants to monitor wastewater in the Volunteer State to help tackle the drug overdose epidemic. Director David Rausch requested $3 million ...