COVID-19 data are limited this week due to the government shutdown, now the second time that vital disease surveillance has been interrupted since Trump took office in January. The CDC has not updated the majority of its COVID-19 and respiratory disease data pages since September 26. The post National COVID-19 trends, October 7 first appeared on The Sick Times.| The Sick Times
Simon Fraser University (SFU) will lead iMicroSeq and ChùNet eDNA surveillance projects to help shape evidence-based public policy and drive faster responses to major public health and environmental threats in remote, northern, and Indigenous communities. More than $2.8 million in funding from Genome Canada, Genome BC and industry and academic partners is aimed at closing […] The post SFU leads eDNA surveillance projects to combat health, environmental threats in northern Canada appeared f...| Environmental Science & Engineering Magazine