Contact tracing is seen by many as key to controlling the spread of COVID-19 and reopening the economy. But it's complicated. The old school method of contact tracing is expensive, takes a long time ...

While often glanced over, sewage systems may have become the newest source of information on the spread of the novel coronavirus. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) approved the newest method of ...

A new method of contact tracing is being taught in Orange County that is designed to build trust in some of the hardest hit communities. It is a partnership between the county's health department and ...

Maui District Health Office epidemiological specialists Takako Nakaaki and Spencer Headley are hard at work in their office in Wailuku. They are part of the team doing contact tracing and follow-ups ...

Contact tracing — or the identifying of individuals who have a disease and their contacts — can save lives. As cities across the country step up their contact tracing efforts to battle COVID-19, ...

Contact tracing has undergone a transformation from being a relatively unknown process to becoming a household term during the pandemic. However, the way the vast majority of American public health ...

The coronavirus is bringing time-tested techniques for controlling the spread of disease front and center. For decades health officials have been using contact tracing to manage outbreaks of TB, ...

Most of the origins of local COVID-19 outbreaks after 2020 April in China were either imported cases or imported articles contaminated with SARS-CoV-2. Human contact with contaminated items may lead ...

Roderick Bailey receives funding from the Wellcome Trust. The UK is trialling its smartphone app to assist with contact tracing. The government is full of enthusiasm and the Isle of Wight is the ...