Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Health officials work to connect the dots during the early stages of an outbreak. Maxiphoto/iStock via Getty Images Plus A cluster ...

Wastewater surveillance is a potent tool in understanding COVID-19 transmission within school settings and keeping schools open when COVID cases spike, according to a new study. Wastewater ...

The Union Health Ministry held a two-day national review meeting in New Delhi with representatives from all 36 States and UTs ...

Technological advances have transformed public health surveillance toward tracking, managing and taking action in the advents of health crises. Early data collection and statistical methods have ...

Rapid detection of recognized or emerging infectious disease outbreaks is essential for timely public health response. The COVID-19 pandemic illuminated the strengths and limitations of the U.S.

Nearly 80 percent of U.S. households are connected to municipal wastewater collection systems. These sewer systems contain the biological waste, including discharged pathogens, of the human ...

Tuberculosis was the leading cause of death in New York City and the U.S. overall in the late 19th century. Lewis Wickes Hine/Picryl, CC BY Surveillance typically involves tracking individuals with ...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Created by Regenstrief Institute, the Indiana University School of Medicine, the Indiana State Department of Health and the Marion County Health Department, the Public Health Emergency ...

Public health officials say wastewater surveillance could help them track trends for many kinds of diseases - from COVID to polio - but only if they can keep the testing system going. COVID cases are ...

Public health preparedness and response is a critical area of focus as Defense Public Health transitions some of the military component public health functions to the Defense Health Agency. This ...

A cluster of people talking on social media about their mysterious rashes. A sudden die-off of birds at a nature preserve. A big bump in patients showing up to a city's hospital emergency rooms. These ...