In north Denver, next to the South Platte River is a series of big pools. This is Metro Water Recovery, a treatment plant — the state’s largest according to employees. On a visit there, you can see ...

Now that bird flu has been detected in animals in all 50 states, and nearly 70 cases have been confirmed in people, health officials are racing to find better and more reliable ways to track the virus ...

San Diego County health officials have launched a new tool to monitor the spread of disease by testing local wastewater for ...

The declared state of emergency for COVID-19 pandemic may be over, but the virus isn’t totally gone. KPBS Health Reporter Matt Hoffman says a program to track COVID and other virus’ in our wastewater ...