University of Michigan Professor Krista Wigginton Publishes a New Report on the National Wastewater Surveillance System
Source: Hannah Fuller, Office of News and Public Information, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Wastewater surveillance for both prevalent and emerging pathogens can strengthen the nation’s infectious disease surveillance system, says a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The report offers recommendations to transition the National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS) from its COVID pandemic-era use to a forward-looking system that provides the highest public health value.