The COVID-19 pandemic has placed enormous pressure on health care systems and economies around the world, with particularly severe impacts on vulnerable groups like residents of long-term care ...

A COVID-19 lineage called NB.1.8.1, widely nicknamed “razor blade throat” for the intense sore throat it reportedly causes, ...

San Diego County's public health lab Wednesday began in- house wastewater testing for diseases circulating through the community, with the results published on an online public dashboard. Sewage water ...

Two newly designated SARS-CoV-2 lineages, informally called Nimbus (NB.1.8.1) and Cicada (BA.3.2), are fueling a summer surge ...

During the Covid-19 pandemic, wastewater testing became a virus warning system. Now, scientists are using the approach to ...

As COVID-19 testing becomes less routine, official case numbers can make outbreaks look smaller than they really are. A research team led by Professor Michio Murakami has now shown that wastewater ...

Retrospective analysis evaluated systematic asymptomatic screening using saliva PCR, with most tests performed within 72 hours of admission and variable retesting intervals during hospitalization.

As the highly contagious bird flu virus continues to sweep through Oregon’s poultry flocks and dairy herds, scientists and public health officials are racing to monitor its rapid spread and potential ...

COVID levels in Bay Area wastewaters are starting to increase, signaling a possible summer swell — as if you needed another ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri continues testing wastewater for spikes of COVID-19, but the governor is thanking state employees for being the first in the nation to detect the virus through sewer ...