Editor's note: From January 2025 through June 2025, The Texas Tribune used data from the Texas Department of State Health ...

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By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, May 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Measles virus popped up in Houston wastewater weeks before a notorious Texas outbreak of the highly infectious ...

FRIDAY, May 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Measles virus popped up in Houston wastewater weeks before a notorious Texas outbreak of the highly infectious disease started in January, a new study says.

HOUSTON — Researchers developed a groundbreaking early detection method that identified the measles virus in Houston wastewater samples in January, days before official cases were reported.

An outbreak detection program found the presence of the measles virus in samples of Houston wastewater in early January 2025, before cases were reported, new findings show.

An innovative outbreak detection program that tracks disease-causing viruses in wastewater identified the measles virus in Houston samples collected in early January 2025, before cases were reported.

Dr. Eric Boerwinkle, dean of the UTHealth Houston School of Public Health and co-corresponding author, said that “This work underscores the ability of sophisticated wastewater analyses to serve as an ...