Pathogens know no borders, and the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the urgent need for comparable, globally accessible pathogen data. This paper proposes a European wastewater pathogen monitoring networ...

Wastewater, as a by-product of various human activities, can serve as a valuable source of infor-mation for understanding a population's health, behaviour, and consumption patterns. Wastewater-based e...

A new certifed reference material is the latest in a series of efforts by the JRC to support the monitoring and the spread of the virus following the pandemic.

The EU Wastewater Surveillance Dashboard provides near real-time insights into the spread of pathogens.

The agencies are charged with making decisions that touch the lives of every American and are the source of crucial information to health-care providers.

Wastewater measurements represent an entire contributing population and can be available within 24 h. Enhanced information about disease occurrence can improve population health through better timing of policies and interventions. We aimed to infer seasonal occurrence patterns for common respiratory viruses alongside transmission dynamics for SARS-CoV-2 across the USA using wastewater samples. We used wastewater RNA concentrations of influenza A and B (IAV/IBV), respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), human metapneumovirus (HMPV), and SARS-CoV-2 from 175 treatment plants (July 2023–June 2024). For IAV, IBV, RSV, and HMPV, we determined epidemic onset, offset, peak, and duration at national and subnational scales. For SARS-CoV-2, we categorized wastewater measurements based on recent wastewater levels and trends. Epidemic onset occurred in November for IAV and RSV which aligned with prepandemic norms. Onset occurred in January for IBV and April for HMPV which were later than expected according to historical data. Duration was longer for IAV and shorter for IBV, RSV, and HMPV than expected based on historical data. Epidemic peak dates were consistent with prepandemic norms for all viruses. Peak dates for influenza and RSV coincided with high, upward trending SARS-CoV-2 RNA concentrations, suggesting potential co-occurrence of SARS-CoV-2 with these viruses.

The Atlas of Migration is a reference book providing a snapshot of migration and a knowledge base for policymakers, stakeholders, businesses, researchers and the general public. The Atlas has 3 sectio...

Origins and spread of the vaccine-derived viruses remain mysterious

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A new tool will help assess the sustainability of food production, processing, distribution and consumption in the EU across environmental, social and economic lenses.

Rather than winging it when an unusual health event crops up, health officials take a systematic approach. The goal is to quickly figure out what’s going on and squash any outbreak before it spreads.

"Very high" levels of the virus were detected in New Mexico, with "high" levels in Arizona, Kentucky, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and South Dakota.