Hundreds of academics across the world have welcomed efforts to introduce privacy-friendly contact tracing systems to help understand the spread of coronavirus. A letter, signed by nearly 300 ...

COVID-19 has spread too quickly for local public health departments to keep up with the intricacies of contact tracing. Some experts suggest automation, not phone apps, is the key to moving forward.

Topline Health officials from the Washington, D.C. Department of Health and nine local jurisdictions wrote an open letter Thursday criticizing the White House for insufficient contact tracing for ...

While contact tracing and voluntary self-isolation are well-established and successful public health approaches for selected communicable diseases, containing COVID-19 will require execution of ...

Leading former federal health officials Andy Slavitt and Scott Gottlieb are leading a call for $46 billion for specific measures in a next coronavirus aid package to safely reopen the economy.

The D.C. Health Department has terminated 131 members of its coronavirus contact tracing program, a spokesperson confirmed Thursday, marking the official end of a city program started more than ...