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 ...

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 ...

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

Digital business and services company Conduent has been selected by the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) to replace its legacy public health surveillance system with Conduent's Maven disease ...

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 ...

The advance of H5N1 bird flu reminds us that novel pathogens remain a stubborn threat. Although a full-blown pandemic doesn’t appear imminent, the virus’s ability to infect a wide range of species — ...

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 ...