The State Hygienic Lab in Coralville now can test wastewater for influenza, which gives public health officials advance warning of a spike in their community before positive flu tests show up at ...

BIG RAPIDS, Mich. — A lab at Ferris State University is using a new wastewater testing program to help forecast possible infectious disease outbreaks on campus and in surrounding communities. The ...

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – The race to track the spread of COVID-19 is taking scientists into the sewers. They’re using wastewater to detect the virus even before people start visiting doctors and hospitals.

Consistent, widespread testing of the community’s wastewater for COVID-19 has been long-awaited as traditional, public-health metrics have struggled to fully capture the spread of the virus in the ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — San Diego County health officials announced Wednesday that are launching a new tool to monitor the spread of disease, and it comes from an unexpected source: wastewater. For ...

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A University of Wyoming laboratory’s wastewater tests are being used to help determine COVID-19 trends in the state. The lab is testing wastewater from six Wyoming communities as part of a larger ...