What’s Flowing Beneath the World Cup: How Verily’s Wastewater Monitoring Could Catch the Next Outbreak

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Verily is using wastewater monitoring during the World Cup to track pathogens across North American host cities. The company tests samples for diseases such as Covid-19, flu, RSV, norovirus, and measles to detect outbreaks several days earlier than clinic-based reporting. It feeds the data into the Health Security Operations Center, which combines multiple data sources and sends daily situation reports to public health officials and emergency managers. Verily also offers a public dashboard that shows pathogen trends across the host cities.

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