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Sediments from a Roman latrine at Vindolanda show soldiers were infected with multiple intestinal parasites, including ...

An analysis of sewer drains from a Roman fort has shown that the occupants were contaminated with three types of intestinal ...

Scientific research has just revealed that Roman soldiers defending the northern frontier of Britannia faced an invisible enemy perhaps even more debilitating than the tribes beyond Hadrian's Wall. A ...

Excavations of sewer drains at a Roman fort in northern England have revealed the presence of several parasites that can ...

A new analysis of sewer drains from the Roman fort of Vindolanda, close to Hadrian's Wall, has shown that the occupants were ...

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Wastewater testing shows high concentrations of the virus in Silicon Valley, San Francisco and Vallejo. But public health ...