Contact tracing is part of the strategy to keep the number of COVID-19 cases down. The United States is hiring and training contact tracers to build up its public health workforce. One public health ...

Apple and Google updated their initial COVID-19 contract tracing app proposal to address feedback from industry stakeholders and some of the privacy concerns raised after the tech giants announced ...

When Google and Apple announced last week that the two companies are building changes into Android and iOS to enable Bluetooth-based Covid-19 contact tracing, they touched off an immediate firestorm ...

When the COVID-19 pandemic spread to the United States, the country didn’t have a system for health contact tracing. Since then, technology has exploded with tracing apps from Apple and Google, along ...

Like the mythical hydra, the COVID-19 coronavirus has so many aspects to it, from the symptoms you need to take note of to the social distancing and hand hygiene you need to practice. One of the ...

Apple and Google addressed questions about their upcoming COVID-19 smartphone contact-tracing solution on Monday, providing details about a partnership that has raised concerns among many, including ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WVLA/WGMB) — A process public health experts call Louisiana’s best best to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus is sparking privacy concerns from state lawmakers. Contact tracing ...

When an Ebola outbreak is detected, health authorities race to identify people who may have been exposed to the virus before they develop symptoms.While infected patients are isolated and treated, ...

By Doyinsola Oladipo UNITED NATIONS, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Health authorities battling the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo have identified only about 30,000 people who may have been ...