Health experts to screen US wastewater for disease outbreaks during World Cup - Reuters
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"Usually the CDC is a visible lead when we have international events in the United States, particularly across the country versus just in a single state."
— Deb Houry , Academic
"To be able to begin preparations a year out is a luxury for us, compared to a lot of the situations that we deal with."
— Phil Huang , Academic
"The biggest lift for us and for all local health departments is that our environmental health workers have to inspect all of the food vendors, and there will be a whole lot of food vendors."
— Marcus Plescia , Academic
"With any mass gathering event, there are certain disease conditions that people worry about."
— Dr. Rebecca Katz , Academic
"We’re expecting the unexpected, but there’s this idea of ‘let’s make sure we’re also really expecting the expected.’"
— Dr. Marcus Plescia , Academic
"Crowds plus sun plus summer temperatures plus physical exertion plus alcohol is a combination that sends people to emergency rooms every year."
— Dr. Katelyn Jetelina , Academic
"Public health is always working to provide an 'invisible shield' around communities."
— Dr. Monika Roy , Academic
"These findings open a new frontier for hospitals, which will no longer have to rely solely on clues in clinical records or case-by-case testing on individuals who are already ill."
— Edwin Oh , Academic
""It's incredibly powerful.""
— Rebecca Katz , Academic
"The sample is collected. And then this polymerase chain reaction is really a way to take a tiny, tiny bit of DNA and multiply it multiplied, multiplied and put fluorescence on the segments so that I can tell that this bacteria is influenza A versus RSV versus measles."
— Dr. Vindell Washington , Academic
"It’s incredibly powerful."
— Rebecca Katz , Academic
"Advanced wastewater analysis uses DNA and RNA sequencing. It identifies genetic material from microbes without needing to culture them in a lab."
— Rebecca Katz , Academic
"The sample is collected. And then this polymerase chain reaction is really a way to take a tiny, tiny bit of DNA and multiply it multiplied, multiplied and put fluorescence on the segments so that I can tell that this bacteria is influenza A versus RSV versus measles."
— Dr. Vindell Washington , Academic
"We have always ... report everything that we find. We report to the CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention], but we’ve also had this capability of saying, you know, to the world in this in this instance, this is what we found."
— Dr. Vindell Washington , Academic
Key People
Deb Houry is a former top official at the CDC.
An epidemiologist and former senior adviser to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
He is the health director for the Fulton County Board of Health.
She is the deputy health officer and director of the infectious disease and response branch with the County of Santa Clara Public Health.
She leads Georgetown University’s Center for Global Health Science and Security.
Dr. Vindell Washington is the chief clinical officer at Verily Health.
Edwin Oh is a professor and director of the Center for Water Intelligence and Community Health at UNLV.
Marcus Plescia is the district health director for Fulton County, Georgia.
Phil Huang is the health director for Dallas County in Texas.
Director of Georgetown's Center for Global Health Science and Security.
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Health officials will monitor wastewater in World Cup host cities to detect potential infectious disease outbreaks, with Verily Health processing the samples.
Epidemiologists plan to monitor wastewater and internet chatter to detect and track infectious diseases during the World Cup in U.S. and Canadian cities hosting matches and spectators.
A public health squad based in Washington, D.C., plans to monitor wastewater and internet chatter to detect and track infectious diseases during the World Cup in U.S. and Canadian cities hosting matches and spectators.
A specialized public health team is gearing up to monitor wastewater and internet chatter to safeguard against severe illness during the World Cup in U.S. and Canadian cities hosting matches and spectators.
Epidemiologists plan to monitor wastewater and internet chatter to detect and track infectious diseases during the World Cup in U.S. and Canadian host cities.
Epidemiologists plan to monitor wastewater and internet chatter to detect and track infectious diseases during the World Cup in U.S. and Canadian host cities.
Health officials will monitor wastewater in World Cup host cities to detect infectious diseases, with Verily Health processing the samples.
Public health officials are on high alert for disease spread during the World Cup, implementing measures like wastewater testing to monitor potential outbreaks.
A UNLV-led study demonstrates that hospital wastewater testing can detect drug-resistant C. auris strains months before symptoms appear.
A public health team based in Washington, D.C., plans to monitor wastewater and internet chatter to detect and track infectious diseases during the World Cup in U.S. and Canadian cities hosting matches and spectators.
Epidemiologists plan to monitor wastewater and internet chatter to detect and track infectious diseases during the World Cup in U.S. and Canadian host cities.
Health officials are enhancing surveillance, including wastewater testing, to monitor for infectious diseases during the World Cup.
A public health squad based in Washington, D.C., plans to monitor wastewater and internet chatter to detect and track infectious diseases during the World Cup in U.S. and Canadian host cities.
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