linux (eg. ubuntu) format USB and check health status

 usb drive doesn't have health data. 

First, find the drive device using df  or  lsblk

Eg. unmount the device sdc1

$ umount /dev/sdc1

Format usb drive to FAT32 on linux

    $ sudo mkfs.vfat -F 32 /dev/sdc1

Check disk for bad blocks by writing different byte patterns

WARNING!  Write mode is destructive. 

    $ sudo badblocks -w -s -o  myusb.log /dev/sdc

        # write-mode,  show progress, output to file 

# non-destructive 

    $ sudo badblocks -nvs > usberr.log /dev/sdc

# or through   fsck  or  mkfs

    # option:   -fcky    or      -fccky    # one 'c' read-only,  'cc'  read-write non-destructive