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COVID levels are nearing 2020’s initial peak; WHO urges those at high risk to take any available booster

Mon, 2023-09-18 17:44 — mike kraft

COVID levels are so high, they're approaching 2020's initial peak, as the WHO urges those at high risk to take any booster they can get their hands on It’s yet another sign that while the official pandemic state may be over, the days of COVID are far from it. Fortune

U.S. COVID infections are hovering near levels of the pandemic’s first peak in 2020, and approaching the Delta peak of late 2021, according to wastewater surveillance and modeling by forecasters. ...

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A few more BA.2.86 COVID-19 detections noted in wastewater in Ohio, Portugal and Switzerland

Tue, 2023-08-29 10:40 — mike kraft

A few more BA.2.86 COVID-19 detections noted in human samples, wastewater Ohio, which had a preliminary positive from wastewater, now has a BA.2.86-positive human sample. CIDRAP

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Rising flood risks threaten many water and sewage treatment plants across the US

Mon, 2023-08-14 18:29 — mike kraft

Rising flood risks threaten many water and sewage treatment plants across the US Across the U.S., municipal water systems and sewage treatment plants are at increasing risk of damage from floods and sea-level rise brought on in part or even wholly by climate change. AP News

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Wastewater analysis: Mysterious Covid-19 lineages in US sewers could offer clues to chronic infections; mystery in Ohio

Fri, 2023-06-09 09:43 — mike kraft

Mysterious Covid-19 lineages in US sewers could offer clues to chronic infections | CNN As Covid-19 testing and other coronavirus tracking efforts peter out in the United States, wastewater surveillance has become the primary method to monitor early community spread of the virus. And there’s some evidence that close investigation of the findings could also help unravel some of the mysteries of long Covid. Deidre McPhillips CNN

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U.S. to test sewage in more cities for indications of polio infections

Thu, 2022-12-01 10:50 — mike kraft

US officials say 2 more places will test sewage for polio NEW YORK (AP) — Philadelphia and Oakland County, Michigan, are joining the small list of U.S. localities that are looking for signs of polio infections in sewage, U.S. health officials said Wednesday. AP NEWS

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CDC officials say they have been talking with other communities about also starting polio wastewater testing. They are focused on cities and counties with low polio vaccination coverage and those in which travelers had visited the New York communities where polio was found.

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U.S.National COVID-19 wastewater levels signal viral uptick ahead of fall

Fri, 2022-09-16 09:38 — mike kraft

National COVID-19 wastewater levels signal viral uptick ahead of fall Although reported COVID-19 case levels in the U.S. are still falling after a viral resurgence over the summer, there are preliminary indicators that infection rates may be back on the rise across the country. In recent weeks, federal data has shown that the number of U.S. wastewater sites reporting increases in the presence of COVID-19 in their samples appears to be back on the rise, following declines seen throughout the latter part of the summer.

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COVID-19 wastewater efforts confront long-term questions

Mon, 2022-05-16 09:50 — mike kraft

COVID-19 wastewater efforts confront long-term questions - Roll Call Public health experts hope the technology will help monitor threats beyond COVID-19 — like opioids and the flu. Roll Call

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Public health experts hope the technology will help monitor threats beyond COVID-19, like opioids and the flu, but the strategy requires resources and political buy-in. And while Congress has enacted billions in pandemic funding for states, only a handful have used the money to establish wastewater surveillance.

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U.S: Tracking the virus in wastewater is helping respond to the most recent wave of the coronavirus, but a more coordinated national effort is needed, experts sa

Thu, 2022-01-20 20:07 — mike kraft

As the highly contagious Omicron variant pushes national coronavirus case numbers to record highs and sends hospitals across the country into crisis mode, public health officials are eagerly searching for an indication of how long this surge might last.

The clues are emerging from an unlikely source: sewage.

People who contract the coronavirus shed the virus in their stool, and the virus levels in local wastewater provide a strong, independent signal of how much is circulating in a given community.

The sewage data reveal an Omicron wave that is cresting at different times in different places.

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Sewage testing shows a country flush with coronavirus cases

Thu, 2020-10-29 11:21 — mike kraft

Sewage testing shows a country flush with coronavirus cases Across the country, cities and universities are testing sewage to monitor the Covid-19 virus. Maggie Fox, CNN CNN

(CNN) When Rosa Inchausti and her colleagues started testing wastewater in Tempe, Arizona, it was 2018 and they were not looking for coronavirus. They were tracking the opioid epidemic.

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Looking to Reopen, Colleges Become Labs for Coronavirus Tests and Tracking Apps

Sun, 2020-08-30 14:03 — mike kraft

Thousands of students returning to the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York this month are being asked to wear masks in public, register their health status online each day and electronically log classroom visits for contact tracing if a coronavirus outbreak occurs. But the most novel effort at the school to measure and limit virus spread will require little effort and come quite naturally.

Students need only use the bathroom.

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