Wastewater tracking catches hospital fungus before patients show symptoms
The Shift Toward Hyper-Localized Surveillance For years, wastewater surveillance was viewed through a wide-angle lens. Public health officials monitored municipal treatment plants to gauge the general prevalence of viruses like COVID-19 or influenza across an entire city. However, a paradigm shift is occurring: the move toward “hyper-localized” surveillance. Recent research led by the University of … Read more