The 30-case outbreak spanned two counties and hit a close-knit community that does not readily seek health care, the study’s ...

do you ever get used to the smell? And I guess the answer is no. The waste water comes in every day from almost two million people. But you know it's part of the job and you know so we we learn to ...

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 ...

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

Mondays are manhole days for Sean Norman. Along with a team of strong-stomached students, Norman packs his pickup truck with 12 vacuum-sized devices and other gear and heads out across the University ...

As wastewater testing continues to prove useful in estimating the spread of the coronavirus, scientists again are using sewage to track the latest public health emergency: monkeypox. In late June — ...

San Diego County's public health lab Wednesday began in-house wastewater testing for diseases circulating through the ...

New Covid-19 infections are no longer tracked or reported as closely as they were during the public health emergency. Instead, US officials now focus on testing the contents of Americans’ wastewater ...

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