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Opinion: Sequencing wastewater material may help counter the H5N1 bird flu outbreak

Fri, 2024-09-27 10:51 — mike kraft
Sequencing wastewater material may be the key to getting a grip on the H5N1 bird flu outbreak Opinion: It’s time to take a new approach to monitoring the H5N1 outbreak in dairy cows. Torie Bosch STAT

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U.S. COVID activity continues to decline in some regions

Mon, 2024-09-23 09:50 — mike kraft
US COVID markers show more declines Wastewater levels are still high, but like other markers are showing a downward trend. CIDRAP

US COVID activity continued to decline in many areas, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today in its latest updates. ...

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Virus that causes paralyzing illness among children is spiking in the U.S. --wastewater data

Tue, 2024-09-17 11:06 — mike kraft
Virus that causes paralyzing illness is spiking in the U.S., wastewater data shows The enterovirus D68 that sometimes paralyzes children is spreading in the U.S., raising worries about a possible rise in polio-like illnesses. Yahoo News

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Wastewater surveillance could be even better for detecting pathogens --National Academies report

Mon, 2024-09-16 12:04 — mike kraft
National Academies: Wastewater surveillance could be even better for detecting pathogens A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine report recommends five actions to transition the National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS)—developed as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic—to a forward-looking version for both endemic and emerging pathogens. CIDRAP

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The Academies recommended five steps to more robust NWSS that could better support public health, including better readiness for future pandemics:

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Covid summer wave reaches across the U.S., with 26 states showing high waste water readings

Fri, 2024-07-19 11:18 — mike kraft
Covid summer wave spreads across U.S., even infecting Biden Coronavirus activity in wastewater reached levels considered “high” or “very high” in 26 states, according to the most recent CDC data. The Washington Post
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Disposal of infected chickens raises concern as bird flu spreads

Thu, 2024-07-18 10:54 — mike kraft
Chicken culling, disposal raise concern as bird flu spreads The spread of bird flu among poultry and dairy farms has heightened some health experts' concerns that the process of killing and disposing of poultry infected with the virus may pose a risk to humans and livestock. Leah Douglas Reuters

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Landfills belch toxic ‘forever chemicals’ into the air--study

Thu, 2024-07-11 18:34 — mike kraft

 

Landfills belch toxic ‘forever chemicals’ into the air An analysis of samples from three Florida landfills shows that landfill gas can carry more PFAS than the liquid that leaches from the waste. nikkogasa Science News

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COVID trend reaches "high" levels across western U.S states--CDC

Wed, 2024-07-03 09:16 — mike kraft
COVID trend reaches "high" levels across western U.S. The CDC says it is too early to say if this year's summer COVID-19 surge has arrived. Alexander Tin CBS News

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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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