SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — San Diego County health officials announced Wednesday that are launching a new tool to monitor the spread of disease, and it comes from an unexpected source: wastewater. For ...

San Diego County is once again tracking the spread of COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses through wastewater testing. KPBS health reporter Heidi de Marco explains why this matters and what the ...

San Diego County's public health lab Wednesday began in- house wastewater testing for diseases circulating through the community, with the results published on an online public dashboard. Sewage water ...

What started as an ad-hoc project shared by two of San Diego’s key research institutions is now a permanent part of the region’s public health infrastructure. On Wednesday, San Diego County Public ...

Influenza virus binding to a respiratory tract cell. (File photo courtesy of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) San Diego County’s public health lab announced that it has begun publishing the ...

Subclade K, the flu variant that caused fall outbreaks in the United Kingdom and Canada, has been detected in San Diego County, the region’s public health department confirmed Wednesday. Genetic ...