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Detecting Infections Early to Keep Yolo County Healthy
In September of 2020, just as the COVID-19 pandemic was ramping up for a grim fall and winter, California’s Yolo County named Dr. Aimee Sisson as its new Public Health Officer. It was a trial by fire but about a year into her tenure Yolo County joined Healthy Central Valley Together (HCVT), a project aimed at increasing access to infectious disease data using wastewater monitoring in rural and disadvantaged areas in California.
Increasing Access to Infectious Disease Data Across Merced
Dr. Salvador Sandoval is the County Health Officer for Merced County in California’s Central Valley. Among the 290,000 residents that reside in Merced County, 46,000 live in Los Banos, located on the east side of the county. In early April of 2023, Sandoval watched in concern as COVID-19 levels in Los Banos spiked to more than 10 times the month before. Yet, in the city of Merced, on the county’s west side, COVID-19 rates had dipped to their lowest point of the year for its 86,000 residents.
Media
The Modesto Bee
COVID-19 infections persist in Stanislaus County as the Labor Day weekend approaches
Read MoreCitris and the Banatao Institute
‘Mission-driven’: Colleen Naughton integrates anthropology and engineering to advance ag tech and public health
Read MoreNational League of Cities
Lessons from Central Valley and Houston: Data Decision Making in Wastewater Programs
Read MoreABC10
Wastewater testing in Yolo, Merced and Stanislaus counties to help stay ahead of next viral outbreak
Read MoreThe Modesto Bee
Virus that brings severe vomiting, diarrhea found in Stanislaus. Here are steps to avoid it
Read MoreThe Modesto Bee
COVID-19 in real time: Residents of Modesto, Turlock, other cities can see data for free
Read MoreThe BMJ
What poo tells us: wastewater surveillance comes of age amid covid, monkeypox, and polio
Read MoreKCRA-TV