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Tracking measles through wastewater is giving health officials a new window into where the virus is spreading.
At least 1,157 measles cases have been reported in the United States this year, according to a CNN tally using data from ...
As measles cases continue to rise across the US, researchers are now using sewage wastewater to track the virus.
Wastewater monitoring, a technique that gained prominence during the COVID-19 pandemic, may now offer a crucial early warning ...
A West Sacramento resident who was diagnosed with measles, the first case this year across Yolo and Sacramento counties, may have exposed the virus to other patients and medical staff after arriving ...
Wastewater samples from the Sacramento Area Sewer District detected measles virus on two consecutive days earlier this month, ...
Measles cases in the U.S. have been rare in recent decades, thanks to a strong childhood vaccination program. But a few cases inevitably pop up each year as travelers bring the virus in from other ...
As measles cases rise to precipitously high levels in the US this year, there’s a new tool to help track the spread: wastewater. Wastewater surveillance rose to prominence during the Covid-19 ...