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In the News: Faculty Members Test Wastewater to Track COVID-19
Biomedical Sciences Assistant Professors, Glenn Simmons Jr., and Richard Melvin, are testing samples of wastewater submitted by Minnesota treatment plants to better understand where COVID-19 is located in our communities.