Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (WKBN) – Wastewater testing has been around since the 20th century, but in the last five years, it’s become a more important part ...

With every rinse of a sink and flush of a toilet, public health is becoming easier to track thanks to a growing practice known as wastewater monitoring or wastewater surveillance. "This is an ...

Lessons learned during COVID-19 are helping health officials keep us safer from other pathogens. Wastewater testing, which became widely used during the pandemic, is becoming more common for things ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- City leaders are discussing more COVID-19 testing options as the virus continues to impact Houston and surrounding areas. Experts said they are researching a new, innovative ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A welcome sign near Behchokǫ̀, N.W.T. Fentanyl and other drugs have been detected by a wastewater testing program in the community ...

Luxury island Nantucket, off the coast of Massachusetts, shows cocaine levels far beyond the national average in wastewater ...

Data collected over eight months at the island's Surfside Wastewater Treatment Facility showed cocaine levels peaked at ...

California’s Central Valley is where many of the people most vulnerable to bird flu live and work, and where the majority of cases in humans have been found. Wastewater surveillance should be a key ...

The Allegheny County Sanitary Authority's wastewater treatment plant. Hiding deep in the sprawling spiderweb of sewers across Allegheny County is the potential key to unlocking a major public health ...