Effective methods for simultaneously measuring viral, bacterial, protozoan, and fungal pathogens in wastewater are needed. Here, we investigate how the sample type and nucleic acid extraction protocol...

Context-Seq leverages CRISPR-Cas9-mediated target enrichment and nanopore sequencing to detect antibiotic resistance genes in their genomic context.

Evidence of antimicrobial resistance exchange between humans, animals, and the environment is limited by methodological challenges. Here, the authors report the development of ContextSeq, a Cas9 targe...

Many enteric pathogens that infect young children can be zoonotic, yet the exposure risk of domestic animals living in close proximity to young children is poorly understood. Here, we longitudinally m...

Research points to effective strategies for protecting community health

Research points to effective strategies for protecting community health

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Updated NIH Policy on Foreign Subawards NOT-OD-25-104. NIH

Move by US biomedical agency threatens thousands of projects on infectious diseases, cancer and more.

A $26 million federal program to help residents of Lowndes County, Alabama, who have dealt with inadequate sewage systems for decades was stopped by an executive order.

Escherichia coli-contaminated stored drinking water facilitates strain-sharing between household members, suggesting water treatment can curb bacterial transmission and antibiotic resistance in urban ...

This study reveals that rising temperatures and decreased precipitation levels increase walking time for fetching drinking water in Sub-Saharan Africa. Rural areas are most affected, but community ele...

The TuriTap, a new low-tech water chlorination device that operates without electricity, entered a crucial phase of testing in January: a randomized controlled trial across 40 health care facilities i...

Antibiotic resistance is a growing public health threat, with over 2.8 million antibiotic-resistant infections and 35,000 attributable deaths annually in the U.S. This is an underestimate, as it is ba...

Nature Communications - This study reveals that rising temperatures and decreased precipitation levels increase walking time for fetching drinking water in Sub-Saharan Africa. Rural areas are most...

The combined household and weather dataset included 104 surveys conducted between 1990–2017 in 31 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, with n = 979,759 water-fetching observations. Data availability, walk time to water source, daily precipitation, and daily maximum temperature varied by country...

Mangrove Water provides advice and resources to support implementation of in-line chlorination globally.

The National Wastewater Surveillance System’s funding expires at the end of fiscal year 2025, just as bird flu heats up.

To mark International Women’s Day on 8 March, six award-winning female scientists highlight women who have inspired them by pushing innovative research and creating opportunities for others.

Effective methods for simultaneously measuring viral, bacterial, protozoan, and fungal pathogens in wastewater are needed. Here, we investigate how sample type and nucleic acid extraction protocols af...

Declaration To Defend Research Against U.S. Government Censorship, V.1.1 Drafted by Lisa Schiff (@lschiff.bsky.social), Alice Meadows (@alicemeadows.bsky.social), Catherine Mitchell (@camitchell.bsky....

Measles doubled this week in Texas. More anti-vaccine legislation is proposed for Covid, measles, and even future outbreaks.

President Donald Trump’s order declaring diversity, equity and inclusion policies illegal has thrown into doubt the future of research Kendra Dahmer has been doing on intestinal parasites in India and...

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD

“This kind of cut would kill American science and boost China.”…