CDC awards Verily Health contract renewal for national wastewater surveillance expansion

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Verily Health has been awarded a contract renewal by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to operate and expand the National Wastewater Surveillance System. The contract builds on a four-year partnership since 2023 and will add genomic sequencing and metagenomic surveillance capabilities to detect pathogens in wastewater.