A recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server investigated whether environmental samples could serve as early indicators for detecting severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV ...

The development of disease surveillance and outbreak detection algorithms has become central to public health strategies worldwide. These systems integrate advanced statistical methods and ...

In any emergency, it’s the first minutes that matter most. In almost every case, the faster the response, the better the outcome, as long as the response is based on an accurate, early understanding ...

Biometric surveillance continued to expand in 2025, particularly facial recognition, voice recognition, and emerging ...

An ongoing program that monitors wastewater for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 and which has effectively predicted subsequent surges in COVID-19 cases in San Diego has been expanded to detect the presence ...

A study suggests timely reporting and investigating of livestock abortions is feasible in rural areas and can provide insights into emerging infectious diseases. A small-scale surveillance system in ...

At the ASIS show last month in Las Vegas, among booths where vendors hocked everything from locks to tasers to bomb-sniffing dogs was a booth for a vendor selling Graffiti Cam. The portable, covert ...

At a CSIR-NCL symposium, experts emphasized hospital wastewater surveillance as crucial for early detection of antimicrobial resistance, a major global health threat.

The Department of Homeland Security has announced plans for a firm-fixed-price contract valued at more than $100 million to expand its Persistent Surveillance and Detection, or PSD, system under the ...