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Automated process helps test city sewage for SARS-CoV-2, allowing researchers to forecast the region’s caseload one to two weeks ahead of clinical diagnostic reports In earlier days of the COVID-19

The Safer at School Early Alert pilot program tests wastewater and surfaces to detect the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in schools and child care centers In an effort to help schools

Safer at School Early Alert pilot program uses wastewater and surface monitoring to detect the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in TK-8 schools and child care centers In an effort to help

Plants to track rapidly evolving viral strains are not ambitious enough, some scientists say Since May 2020, Jeffrey Milbrandt has had his systems fine-tuned to sequence 1000 coronavirus samples a

It’s unclear how the variant’s infectiousness compares with the original virus A new variation of the coronavirus discovered in Japan is “very likely already in the U.S.” as well, according

Plant-based diets are linked to plenty of health benefits, and new evidence suggests it may be because they cultivate friendly bacteria in our gut that control blood sugar levels.  The study,

U.S. researchers have been slow to perform the genetic sequencing that will help clarify the situation The COVID-19 vaccines rolling out across the nation are lifting spirits over the holidays.

The school’s anti-COVID campaign has given it the confidence to slowly start opening the campus more broadly   It’s an unexpected sight on a campus dominated by big, bold buildings.

Improve the ventilation, even spread some good germs. If you want people to be healthy and productive, tend the microbiome.   Four years ago a doctoral student in architecture asked

UC San Diego’s nationally recognized, evidence-based Return to Learn program employs a comprehensive suite of education, monitoring, testing, intervention, and notification tools that no other university is using.   And the

Do pandemic-spurred lockdowns hurt our ability to develop a healthy immune system? Maybe. But there’s ways to combat potential effects. Face coverings and social distancing are necessary for keeping the

Our gut microbiomes — the many bacteria, viruses and other microbes living in our digestive tracts — play important roles in our health and risk for disease in ways that