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This article was originally published by ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. About a month ago, British health authorities announced…

Evidence of the monkeypox virus has shown up in Bay Area wastewater since mid-June, indicating the presence of infection, according to data from Stanford Universitys Sewer Coronavirus Alert Network.

Evidence of the monkeypox virus has shown up in Bay Area wastewater since mid-June, indicating the presence of infection, according to data from Stanford Universitys Sewer Coronavirus Alert Network.

Today's Water Cooler

Wastewater data suggest many at-home tests showing infections aren't being recorded in officially reported coronavirus case counts.

Omicron BA.5 is the new dominant COVID strain in the U.S. New mutations. A new set of questions.

Health officials said Friday that we are likely in the middle of the biggest COVID-19 surge of the entire pandemic, even though official testing numbers don’t...

As many Bay Area residents are planning summer trips, new COVID variants are starting to make themselves known.

Civil and environmental engineering Professor Alexandria Boehm discusses the system her team developed for monitoring COVID-19’s prevalence on campus, collaboration with public health officers, and the great promise that wastewater monitoring holds for anticipating the spread of other diseases.

BA.2 is the most transmissible strain of the coronavirus but does not appear to lead to more severe symptoms.