Sixty seconds on . . . sewage

The latest target in the fight against covid-19?

Spot on. Though it’s not that new. Scientists have been collecting wastewater to check for RNA from SARS-CoV-2 in sewage since the start of the pandemic. It’s a great way to spot the prevalence of infection and the different strains—or lineages—of the virus in the community, says Davey Jones, professor of soil and environmental science …