Public health professionals can capture rising virus loads through wastewater sampling before they trigger hospital outbreaks.
The CDC exploits its anonymous data to identify patterns from the wastewater treatment plants by state and keeps in front of emerging variations.
This approach has shown to be very beneficial for tracking not just COVID-19 but other infectious diseases, including RSV and mpox.
The CDC regularly updates the entries in its database, indicating the general behavior of the virus in the country.
Some states experience enhanced viral activity, while others lose some ground on account of certain specific circumstances.
This novel approach enables public health organizations to track possible outbreaks and share vital information in controlling them and protecting populations.
A new study revealed that the impact on windows is estimated to kill over one billion birds in the United States annually. Birds essentially collide head-on against windows because they think the reflection off of the glass is the open sky.
These tragic events will never occur if simple precautions are taken such as installation of windows, which have clear marks or indicators, or using bird-friendly glass.
More than 23,000 images in eight categories-from the comical to the heartbreaking-were submitted for the contest. The award for Best Young Bird Photographer went to an impressive shot by 14-year-old Andrés Luis Domínguez Blanco of a nuthatch scaling an oak in Spain.
The competition combines artistry with storytelling with the goal of raising awareness and inspiring action on behalf of the nearly half of bird species now trending downward in the world.
