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Wastewater in Alaska’s largest city signals warning about measles

Yereth Rosen
Posted 7/29/26

At least one person in Anchorage had measles in early and mid-July, creating a risk that the highly infectious disease could spread through the state’s largest city, state health officials are warning. The proof is in the sewage. Samples taken from Anchorage’s John M. Asplund Wastewater Treatment Facility revealed genetic material from the strain of […]

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