Thousands of Americans could soon join the ranks of disease detectives in one of the most important battles against coronavirus. Contact tracing has helped slow or stop previous epidemics, such as the ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Lorna Thorpe, director of epidemiology at New York University Grossman School of Medicine, on the benefits and disadvantages of contact tracing at this pandemic phase.

As parts of the U.S. aim to move out of lockdown, a key tool to contain coronavirus cases will be contact tracing. It's something health workers... The head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...

Fundamentally, contact tracing works by tracking down all the contacts of an infected person and then taking appropriate action to break the chain of transmission. In practice, that action will vary ...

There's a new way to do contact tracing in the works and it could make a difference for health care providers during flu season. Vibrent Health just got a contract with major health institutions to ...

If a Wake County librarian reaches out unexpectedly in the days and weeks to come, it’s probably going to be about something far more important than an overdue book. It could mean you’ve potentially ...

Despite a massive hiring push last year, health agencies around the U.S. failed to contain the pandemic through contact tracing. Health leaders... Why Contact Tracing Couldn't Keep Up With The U.S.

CHICAGO (CBS) --Mayor Lori Lightfoot isn't happy with how COVID testing and contact tracing is going so far this school year at the Chicago Public Schools. The mayor said she's disappointed that the ...

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