

[VISTA NEWS] Water Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2025 aims at expanding intelligent water infrastructure
August 15, 2025
Key Highlights The Water Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2025 (S. 2388) was introduced in the U.S. Senate by Arizona Senator Ruben Gallego, with Utah Senator John Curtis as a co-sponsor, on July 23, 2025. The bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control

[VISTA NEWS] Commitment to Public Health: The Impact of PFAS Chemicals on Water, Food, and the Environment
August 15, 2025
PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), often referred to as “forever chemicals,” are highly persistent in the environment and extremely difficult to break down. Since the 1950s, these man-made chemicals have been widely used in water-, oil-, and stain-resistant products, including

【VISTA NEWS】Avoid swimming spots warning over water quality
July 29, 2025
29 July 2025 Source: BBC Ian Duncan High levels of E coli were found in the water at Derwentwater Visitors are being advised not to swim at two Lake District beauty spots because of poor water quality. The Environment Agency (EA)

【VISTA NEWS】Veralto announces $23.5 million commitment to new fund to accelerate water innovation solutions
July 24, 2025
Veralto Corporation announced on July 22, 2025, a €20 million ($23.5 million) investment commitment in Emerald Technology Ventures’ Global Water Fund II, reinforcing the company’s focus on driving the next wave of water innovation and advancing breakthrough technologies that address

【VISTA NEWS】More than $900 million awarded to clients from PFAS water contamination settlement
July 9, 2025
SL Environmental Law Group announced on June 18, 2025, that funds from the historic 3M and DuPont water settlements are being released to relieve water providers of some of the financial burden of removing PFAS from drinking water. These settlements

【VISTA NEWS】England’s rivers ‘under threat’ as water extraction surges to record levels
June 20, 2025
Rachel Salvidge Fri 20 Jun 2025 08.00 EDT Exclusive: Investigation finds 76% rise in water taken from rivers and lakes for industrial or public consumption in two decades The amount of water being taken from England’s rivers and lakes has

【VISTA NEWS】EIB commits 15 billion euros to protect EU’s water resources
June 5, 2025
By Virginia Furness and Kate Abnett June 5, 20251:57 AM GMT+8Updated June 5, 2025 LONDON/BRUSSELS, June 4 (Reuters) – The European Investment Bank pledged on Wednesday to invest 15 billion euros ($17 billion) in projects that help reduce water pollution, prevent water wastage

[VISTA NEWS] EPA confirms safety of Warm Springs drinking water
May 23, 2025
The Confederate Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon announced on May 23, 2025, that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has confirmed the close-out of the Safe Drinking Water Act Emergency Administrative Order (emergency Order). The Tribes were able to

Breakthrough Drug Targets Deadly Mycobacterial Infections in Vulnerable Patients
May 8, 2025
1.A New Weapon Against a Deadly Cousin of TB Scientists at Hackensack Meridian’s Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI) have engineered a promising drug candidate to combat Mycobacterium abscessus—a rising threat to immunocompromised individuals and those with lung diseases like

Malawi’s UTI Crisis: Soaring Antibiotic Resistance Demands Urgent Action
May 3, 2025
1.Alarming Resistance Cripples UTI Treatment A growing resistance to antibiotics is crippling urinary tract infection (UTI) treatment in Malawi. New research reveals nearly half of women with symptoms at Zomba Central Hospital had multi-drug resistant infections, signaling a public health

New RNA-Based Test Offers Hope in Global Tuberculosis Fight
April 30, 2025
Simpler, Faster Diagnostics Could Save Lives and Reduce Overtreatment 1.Tuberculosis: A Deadly but Treatable Disease In 2023, tuberculosis (TB) killed 1.25 million people worldwide. Despite being curable, TB remains the deadliest infectious disease. Powerful antibiotics can cure 88% of cases

Vaccine Breakthrough Offers Hope for Endangered California Condors
April 18, 2025
Bird Flu Vaccine Trial Shows Strong Immune Response, Averting a Conservation Crisis 1.A Race to Save North America’s Rarest Bird In 2023, a deadly strain of bird flu (HPAI) swept through California condor populations, killing 21 birds—nearly 18% of the









