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CDC studies show value of nationwide wastewater disease surveillance, as potential funding cut looms
CDC studies show wastewater testing detects measles infections days to months earlier, covering 1,300 sites and 147 million people despite proposed funding cuts.
- On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published two studies showing wastewater testing alerts officials to measles days to months before clinical confirmation, covering 1,300 sites serving 147 million people.
- Colorado started wastewater surveillance in 2020 with 68 utilities participating, and as one of six centers for excellence, its 100% federally funded program narrowed focus while aiding other states.
- Oregon researchers found preserved late-2024 sewage samples showed measles presence more than two months before cases, while Colorado detected Mesa County wastewater positives a week before two cases and traced 225 household and health-care contacts uncovering five more cases.
- Early warnings let state health departments alert local clinicians and the public, lower testing thresholds, and refocus resources; testing helped New Mexico shrink a vast rural expanse after last year’s outbreak, while the Colorado outbreak began July 11 and ended after 15 weeks in September.
- A Trump administration budget plan would cut the national wastewater surveillance program funding from about $125 million to about $25 million, but officials say funding is needed through 2029 and Congress is pushing back.
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CDC studies show value of nationwide wastewater disease surveillance, as potential funding cut looms
Two new studies from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show wastewater monitoring of measles can flag measles spread days to weeks in advance.
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