Mar. 16—PLATTSBURGH — Molly Flynn wears the mask of contract tracer as well as senior public health educator at the Clinton County Health Department. Below, Flynn answers 10 questions about the ...

As the U.S. heads into the flu and COVID season, a group of doctors have developed a Bluetooth low-energy (BLE) system to improve contact tracing for healthcare workers. In a paper published by the ...

RALEIGH (WTVD) -- More than 250 people across North Carolina are working to track down contacts from newly diagnosed COVID-19 patients and monitor the health of those contacts. A spokesperson for the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Scientists leading the fight against the global pandemic say rapidly detecting and tracing COVID-19 infections is the only way to isolate infected people from those who are healthy or ...

As a tool for controlling the spread of COVID-19, mobile applications for contact tracing are most effective when they are widely adopted and left on indefinitely. But adoption rates of such apps are ...

In hopes of slowing down the spread of the coronavirus, health departments across the country have turned to contact tracing. Finding those who have been exposed to COVID-19 and monitoring their ...

Many health experts recommend social distancing, washing your hands and wearing a mask as a way to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. Another way to help slow the spread is through contact tracing.

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 ...