Since 2020, UB researchers, including students, have been testing wastewater for RNA fragments of the virus that causes COVID-19 as part of a program to monitor outbreaks in Western New York.

A team of researchers led by North Carolina State University compared wastewater monitoring and two other COVID-19 surveillance approaches in Raleigh, N.C., during the start of the pandemic. They ...

Washington D.C. - From 17-21 March 2025, the Naval Medical Research Unit EURAFCENT visited the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research – Africa at their Western Kenta Field Station in Kenya for ...

BIG RAPIDS, Mich. — A lab at Ferris State University is using a new wastewater testing program to help forecast possible infectious disease outbreaks on campus and in surrounding communities. The ...

Wastewater plants emit about twice as much greenhouse gas as previously believed, according to Princeton engineers who used a ...

LOUDONVILLE, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Siena College is participating in a student initiated wastewater testing program. School officials say the program can pinpoint positive cases of the coronavirus ...

A Cambridge lab that’s been charting the spread of coronavirus through wastewater is looking at expanding its work in Massachusetts — and its chief says that what we flush down the toilet can serve as ...

The state’s top wastewater agency is banking on MIT smarts to help catch a possible second wave of the coronavirus before people even appear sick. A Cambridge laboratory has signed a $200,000 contract ...

OSHKOSH, Wis. (WBAY) - In an effort to catch COVID-19 outbreaks before they happen, a lab at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh will test wastewater from the residence halls starting next week.