Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joshua Cohen is a Boston-based writer who covers health policy. Early in the Covid-19 pandemic, research showed that people ...

When the COVID-19 pandemic is over, the evidence will be in the wastewater. "We will be able to tell better than anyone else when the virus is gone from the community," said Marc Johnson. "I would ...

From a startup founded by MIT graduates and faculty, Cambridge-based Biobot Analytics has emerged as the COVID-19 pandemic’s preeminent predictive player, with reports documenting viral threat levels ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with epidemiologist João Matias of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction about the organization's latest wastewater and drug detection analysis. During ...

As Dallas ramps up its assault on the opioid epidemic, the state could analyze its wastewater to track opioid use in the city and measure the impact of interventions and the spread of the drug, just ...

TORONTO — In a presentation at IAFP’s 2023 Annual Meeting, Kali Kniel, Ph.D., from the University of Delaware Department of Animal and Food Sciences, shed light on the importance of wastewater ...

Wastewater surveillance has been reported to be a feasible and efficient way to monitor the prevalence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in the current COVID-19 pandemic.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - New data is shedding light on which viruses are spreading in New Orleans, with wastewater analysis providing a critical early warning system for communities. WastewaterScan, a ...

BOISE, Idaho — When you look and listen, water ending up at a treatment facility seems very unremarkable. If you have the right lens, though, wastewater is actually full of value. “We are sending ...

If the past two years have taught us anything, it’s that testing for viral diseases is complicated. Sometimes, the tests are difficult to get, like in the early days of COVID-19. And even if people ...

Wastewater analysis can detect drugs in real time, allowing experts to inform emergency and other health providers and warn ...