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Live poultry markets may be source of bird flu virus in San Francisco wastewater
6 months ago

Live poultry markets may be source of bird flu virus in San Francisco wastewater

LA Times  

Federal officials suspect that live bird markets in San Francisco may be the source of bird flu virus in area wastewater samples. Last month, San Francisco Public Health Department officials reported that state investigators had detected H5N1 — the avian flu subtype making its way through U.S. cattle, domestic poultry and wild birds — in two chickens at a live …

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Signs of avian flu found in San Francisco wastewater
6 months, 1 week ago

Signs of avian flu found in San Francisco wastewater

LA Times  

Signs of H5N1 bird flu virus have been detected at three wastewater sites in the San Francisco Bay Area, according to sampling data. Although positive wastewater samples have been found in seven other states, California is the only one that has yet to report a bird flu outbreak in a herd of dairy cows. “It is possible that it originated …

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Health officials urge New Yorkers to get vaccinated after poliovirus detected in wastewater in another county
2 years, 4 months ago

Health officials urge New Yorkers to get vaccinated after poliovirus detected in wastewater in another county

CNN  

CNN — New York state health officials are urging people to get vaccinated against polio after the virus was identified in wastewater samples in another county. CNN previously reported that polio was identified in wastewater samples from Rockland County, Orange County and New York City. The state Department of Health announced Friday that the Sullivan County samples were genetically linked …

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Biggest polio threat in years sparks alarms from New York to California
2 years, 4 months ago

Biggest polio threat in years sparks alarms from New York to California

LA Times  

In this July 18, 1962, photo, a girl in Atlanta swallows a lump of sugar coated with a dose of polio vaccine. Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said there’s discussion about tracking polio in wastewater, especially in areas with low vaccination rates. “If you’re an unvaccinated or incompletely vaccinated adult, please choose now to get the vaccine,” …

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Northern Territory records three new local COVID-19 cases, 72-hour mask mandate for Tennant Creek, five remote communities
3 years ago

Northern Territory records three new local COVID-19 cases, 72-hour mask mandate for Tennant Creek, five remote communities

ABC  

The Northern Territory has recorded three new local cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, including in a four-year-old boy, as a 72-hour mask mandate comes into place in Tennant Creek and five remote communities after positive wastewater results. Key points: Three more local cases of COVID-19 have been detected in the Northern Territory, taking the Katherine cluster total …

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NT records three new local cases of COVID-19 linked to Katherine cluster, as remote community of Lajamanu enters lockdown
3 years, 1 month ago

NT records three new local cases of COVID-19 linked to Katherine cluster, as remote community of Lajamanu enters lockdown

ABC  

The Northern Territory has recorded three local COVID-19 cases in 24 hours related to the Katherine cluster. Key points: Four new COVID cases — three local and one from an international repatriation flight — have been recorded in the NT The Lajamanu remote community has gone into lockdown after wastewater samples tested positive for COVID Genomic sequencing to determine if …

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Katherine mask mandate extended for a third time amid concerns about low testing numbers, positive wastewater results
3 years, 1 month ago

Katherine mask mandate extended for a third time amid concerns about low testing numbers, positive wastewater results

ABC  

A mask mandate in Katherine has been extended for another 48 hours, with health authorities still concerned about low testing rates after COVID-19 viral fragments were detected in wastewater samples last week. Key points: Katherine's mask mandate has been extended for another 48 hours It means residents will have to continue wearing masks when they can't socially distance until 5pm …

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Highly contagious UK 'super-covid' variant found in 80% of Houston's sewage
3 years, 10 months ago

Highly contagious UK 'super-covid' variant found in 80% of Houston's sewage

Daily Mail  

The highly contagious UK variant is rapidly spreading throughout Houston, Texas, a new analysis has found. On Monday, the Houston Health Department revealed the variant, known as B.1.1.7 was found at more than three-quarters of the city's wastewater plants in samples collected February 22. A new analysis from February 22 found traces of the highly contagious UK variant in 79% …

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Researchers in India find evidence of Covid-19 genes in sewage
4 years, 7 months ago

Researchers in India find evidence of Covid-19 genes in sewage

Hindustan Times  

In what may be first evidence from India of the presence of the Sars-Cov-2 virus in sewage, the Indian Institute of Technology-Gandhinagar has found non-infectious genes of the coronavirus in wastewater samples collected from untreated sewage in an outlet in Ahmedabad. “Wastewater is an important source to monitor the presence and progress of the infection because the virus leaves the …

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Covid-19 testing: Officials turn to sewage
4 years, 8 months ago

Covid-19 testing: Officials turn to sewage

CNN  

CNN — As the need for widespread Covid-19 testing grows, officials are looking to flush out hidden cases of the virus by examining sewage. “We want to identify hotspots, run this at 10 treatment facilities across a county of 560,000 people, and find out with these hotspots where they are and where they’re not.” Meyer said he has spoken with …

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