Local health officials are hoping to use the data collected by wastewater testing to work together in the future to keep the community safe. Experts said the testing shows a spike in flu and COVID ...

NORTH BEND, Ore. — Flu levels in North Bend have reached their highest recorded levels, according to the latest wastewater testing conducted by the Oregon State University Wastewater ...

All of this water flows to the same treatment plant. Some germs that make people sick end up in wastewater. We use wastewater testing to measure changes in germs and chemicals. This provides an early ...

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The city says, while RSV is present in North Bend, it’s not reaching record highs whereas the flu levels have surged to their highest point since testing started. The OSU Wastewater Surveillance Team ...

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A new, penny-sized sensor developed by researchers from Boston College, Boston University, and Giner Labs uses wastewater to measure opioid use at the local level The unique properties of the ...

MUSCAT: Acting in cooperation with the World Health Organization (WHO), the Ministry of Health (MoH), on Thursday celebrated the opening of a mobile standard laboratory for environmental diagnostic ...

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