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HealthWatch: COVID Outbreaks Can Be Detected Sooner Through Sewage Testing

There's a way to detect COVID outbreaks sooner and it's done by testing sewage. Scripps Research and the University of San Diego found that by testing just two teaspoons of raw sewage, they could accurately identify new variants up to two weeks before traditional testing.
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