All wastewater surveillance articles
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News
Wastewater surveillance is key tool in keeping schools open during public health emergencies
The study focused on a middle and high school campus in Jefferson County, New York, serving 600 students, and compared results from wastewater surveillance to COVID-19 case trends.
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News
And now, your community health forecast…
In the not-so-distant future, people might be able to tune in to their favorite news source for an update on their community health status, just as they check on the local weather forecast - an approach that has now been pioneered in Texas.
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News
Wastewater surveillance research provides 12-day lead time for RSV season
Researchers using wastewater surveillance over conventional indicators have predicted the start of the annual respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) season 12 days early, providing more lead time for hospital preparedness.
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Opinion
New RSV vaccines on the way - so what do we do about vaccine hesitancy?
Not one, but two promising new vaccines are likely to be introduced to the UK, yet routine childhood vaccination rates have been decreasing for ‘old’ diseases like measles and polio - what’s going on?