There's a lot to learn from poop. That's why Ohio has been monitoring wastewater for COVID-19 since 2020, and why this year the state expanded the effort to monitor for flu. In Cincinnati, the city ...

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

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — If you have drugs in your water, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation might be able to find out soon. “It's not just enforcement but more of an education and prevention effort,” ...

Wastewater surveillance, a public health tool that expanded rapidly during the COVID-19 pandemic, is now being used in Utah ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WITN) - The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services says the test that recently found mpox in Pitt County wastewater could be on the federal funding chopping block. The ...

President Joe Biden recently tested positive for COVID-19, and with millions of Americans traveling, there remains a considerable risk of catching the new FLiRT variant of the virus. The Centers for ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin Public Health (APH) already looks at wastewater to detect the prevalence of COVID-19, and may start to test for influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), according to APH ...

Anna Yakos, a clinical laboratory analyst at the State Hygienic Laboratory in Coralville, performs an extraction from a specimen as a part of the influenza testing process. (Photo courtesy of the ...

Contracts are in place for a $7 million project that will test the wastewater of public schools in Missouri for signs of fentanyl and other drug use. Contracts are in place for a project that will ...