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Bird Flu is actually harder to track through wastewater data

Wed, 2024-06-19 17:47 — mike kraft

What’s Really Going on With Bird Flu Wastewater Data

Wastewater, which can measure how much virus humans excrete, has become a valuable disease-tracking tool.

But using that tool to track our current viral threat, the H5N1 bird flu that has begun circulating in cows, is much trickier. Finding even high levels of bird flu in wastewater does not necessarily mean an area is experiencing an outbreak. Rather, it sets off a hunt for the source.

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Warning signs of a summer surge of COVID infections n the U.S.

Mon, 2024-06-17 09:34 — mike kraft

Is a COVID summer surge coming? Here’s what CDC data shows Warning signs that could signal a rise in COVID infections are appearing in parts of the U.S. amartichoux The Hill

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U.S. to post influenza A wastewater data online to assist bird flu probe

Fri, 2024-05-10 10:20 — mike kraft

US to post influenza A wastewater data online to assist bird flu probe, official says The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is planning to post data on influenza A found in wastewater in a public dashboard possibly as soon as Friday that could offer new clues into the outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in cattle herds. Julie Steenhuysen Reuters

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Research into using wastewater testing to detect a variety of health threats

Thu, 2024-04-18 12:11 — mike kraft

What toilets can reveal about COVID, cancer and other health threats Nature - Wastewater testing grew tremendously during the pandemic. But is it ready to tackle the opioid crisis, air pollution and antibiotic resistance? Ladyzhets, Betsy nature

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Testing runoff water near homeless encampments to detect COVID

Thu, 2024-04-04 10:24 — mike kraft

Testing environmental water to monitor COVID-19 spread in unsheltered encampments

To better understand COVID-19's spread during the pandemic, public health officials have expanded wastewater surveillance. These efforts track SARS-CoV-2 levels and health risks among most people, but they miss people who live without shelter, a population particularly vulnerable to severe infection.

To fill this information gap, researchers reporting in Environmental Science & Technology Letters tested flood-control waterways near unsheltered encampments, finding similar transmission patterns as in the broader community and identifying previously unseen viral mutations.

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Global COVID cases rising as waste water tests indicate under-reporting

Tue, 2024-01-23 08:48 — mike kraft

Latest global COVID snapshot shows rising cases, drop in deaths Mateescu Mugur/iStock CIDRAP

Over the past month, global COVID-19 cases rose slightly, with a steady drop in deaths from the virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its latest monthly update.

However, the group cautioned about interpreting the data, given that less than half of countries reported their COVID metrics during the latest reporting period, which covers December 11, 2023, to January 7.

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Wastewater tests can find mpox, study finds. Expect more viruses to be tracked that way

Tue, 2024-01-23 08:40 — mike kraft

Wastewater tests can find mpox, study finds. Expect more bugs to be tracked that way New research bolsters a push to use sewage to track more diseases in the U.S. Wastewater testing does a good job at detecting mpox infections. AP News

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Wastewater data has become perhaps the best metric to track the wave of COVID in the U.S., but it’s an imperfect tool.

Thu, 2024-01-11 11:23 — mike kraft

The curves on some Covid graphs are looking quite steep, again.

Reported levels of the virus in U.S. wastewater are higher than they have been since the first Omicron wave, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, though severe outcomes still remain rarer than in earlier pandemic winters.

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