Engineers compare wastewater 'snapshots' to daylong composite samples and find snapshots lead to bias in testing for the presence of antibiotic-resistant genes. Testing the contents of a simple sample ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – The best time of day to collect a wastewater sample is in the morning. That's according to Raul Gonzalez, an environmental scientist who's an expert on how people's hygiene ...

Every winter since the COVID-19 pandemic started, the number of people with respiratory illnesses has jumped, and this year is no different. Wastewater testing is intended to act as an early warning ...

What started as an ad-hoc project shared by two of San Diego’s key research institutions is now a permanent part of the region’s public health infrastructure. On Wednesday, San Diego County Public ...

Public health officials say wastewater surveillance could help them track trends for many kinds of diseases - from COVID to polio - but only if they can keep the testing system going. COVID cases are ...