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 ...

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 ...

Every day, clues are released about a population's health through toilets, sinks, showers, and tubs. In wealthier countries like the United States, sewer networks collect tiny bits of feces, urine, ...

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 ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- According to public health officials, the nation is seeing the worst flu season in 15 years. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, at least 24 ...

A newly launched statewide program to evaluate student drug use by testing wastewater has detected traces of cocaine and amphetamine in a majority of high schools across New Mexico. Results posted on ...

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 ...