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.

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

On the dashboard released Wednesday on the county's website, a summary chart breaks down how a virus is circulating in the ...

ROANOKE, Va. – A tool used to track down COVID-19 outbreaks may now be used to help fight the fentanyl crisis in the Commonwealth. Wastewater testing is not a new phenomenon but there was a lot more ...

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 ...

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 ...

Health officials in Mecklenburg County, NC have detected the measles virus in wastewater, but have not identified any cases ...

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

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 ...