The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.

Stool tests may be more effective than respiratory tests in identifying COVID-19 infections in children and infants since they carry a higher viral load in their stool than adults, researchers at the ...

The City Council is advancing legislation to require landlords to test more frequently for Legionella, the bacteria that ...

Protect Our Water Jackson Hole is offering free drinking water testing for anyone in Teton County who owns a private well.

A leading US doctor emphasizes that a simple, routine test – colonoscopy can detect colon cancer early, significantly increasing the chances of successful treatment and survival. Early screening, even ...

Every Thursday during peak recreation season Hackensack Riverkeeper conducts water quality monitoring. See published data on ...

The lifting of the boil water advisory comes after officials say samples from the water system tested negative for the ...

A decade-plus-long fight over potentially hazardous levels of fecal bacteria in a scenic Sweetwater River tributary may be ...

Tracking pathogens in wastewater samples provides early warnings for disease outbreaks, aiding public health planning and ...

The Cagayan de Oro City Health Office (CHO) has confirmed that 16 of 19 water samples subjected to testing have tested ...

Chicken Ranch Beach at Channel B near Inverness flunked an annual assessment because of bacterial contamination.

Residents in the Vancouver Island community of Deep Bay are being told to boil their drinking water after high levels of ...