A digital contact tracing simulation reduced long-term care COVID-19 cases by 52% more than when using screening and other manual control efforts. “Conventional control measures, including ...

Bitter enemies teamed up to build tools they hoped would help slow the virus’s spread. If we’ve learned anything from covid-19, it’s the extent to which our lives are enmeshed with those of the people ...

During the pandemic, contact tracing apps kept Americans informed of potential exposure risk with the goal of reducing infections. But did apps like this help reduce the spread of COVID and how might ...

The Defense Department is looking for a better way to conduct contact tracing. Also known as proximity logging, the Defense Health Agency wants commanders and Force Health Protection staff to be able ...

(TNS) — The digital contact tracing effort in Virginia is 2 million phones strong. Roughly a quarter of the adult population has downloaded the state’s COVIDWISE app or opted in on their iPhones to ...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Los Angeles County has partnered with Healthvana, the nation’s largest patient platform for COVID-19, and Fulgent Genetics (FLGT), a pioneer in next generation sequencing ...

Digital contact tracing with proximity detecting cell phone apps led to a substantial reduction of Covid-19 in the UK. With more widespread use, it might be able to contain the epidemic altogether.

A year ago, engineers built apps to track potential virus exposure. Our research shows the impact has been mixed—but there's still potential. In the spring of 2020, the first versions of covid-19 ...

TBILISI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As countries around the world ease the lockdowns that have been crippling their economies, the race is on to develop smartphone apps to help contain the spread ...

When the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services launched COVID Trace, one of the nation’s first COVID-19 contact-tracing smartphone apps, on Aug. 24, state health authorities “strongly ...