Bird flu: wastewater testing will scale up nationally in coming weeks

Wastewater testing specifically for bird flu virus will scale up nationally in coming weeks Specific testing for H5 flu virus in wastewater is scaling up nationwide through a partnership between universities, Verily, and philanthropies. Megan Molteni STAT

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WastewaterSCAN, an infectious disease-tracking sewage surveillance network led by Stanford University and Emory University in partnership with Verily Life Sciences, has begun scaling up H5-specific testing of samples from all of its 190 sites at treatment plants across 36 states. The philanthropically funded effort will begin sharing data with local public health officials and on its public dashboard in the coming weeks, one of its leaders told STAT.

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