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Verily Health wins contract renewal for national wastewater disease surveillance

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention renewed its contract with Verily Health to continue tracking infectious disease dynamics through wastewater surveillance across the United States.

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded a contract renewal to Verily Health to support national wastewater surveillance, HIT Consultant and Business Wire reported. The agreement allows the company to continue powering the National Wastewater Surveillance System. [1][8]

According to HIT Consultant, the project uses the Verily Sightline platform alongside metagenomic sequencing. The initiative combines laboratory pipelines with public health informatics to monitor infectious disease dynamics across the country. [1]

Stephen Gillett, chairman and chief executive officer of Verily Health, stated that the program strengthens national public health surveillance, HIT Consultant reported. He added that the company aims to build a data foundation to generate insights that improve healthcare and accelerate research. [1]

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In short

  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention renewed its contract with Verily Health.
  • Verily Health will support the National Wastewater Surveillance System.
  • The initiative uses metagenomic sequencing to monitor infectious disease trends.

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Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

  1. [1]Verily Health Awarded CDC Contract for National Wastewater Surveillance System: Scaling Genomic and Metagenomic Public Health AnalyticsHIT Consultant, 8h ago (the report this story comes from)
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  7. [7]Pakistan Global Mental Health Summit: National Policy Launched to Reach 32.4 million People Needing Mental Health CareWorld Health Organization (WHO), 3h ago
  8. [8]Verily Health Awarded Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Contract to Support National Infectious Disease Wastewater SurveillanceBusiness Wire, 10h ago

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 8 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

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