When the state of Rhode Island launched a contact tracing app for COVID-19 in May, public health officials said the program could help curtail the pandemic, but privacy advocates worry that the app, ...

Digital contact tracing apps, or DCTs, use technologies like Bluetooth to alert users when they are at risk for potential disease exposure. The goal of DCTs was to assist with the shortage of health ...

A federal judge has tentatively approved a proposed settlement of a lawsuit accusing Google of exposing sensitive information of Android users who downloaded a COVID-19 contact tracing app. The deal ...

After three people died on a cruise ship struck by a hantavirus, authorities are actively tracking down 29 people who had left the ship. They’re trying to trace the spread of the virus. It’s a long, ...

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 ...

New Zealand has attracted much international interest during the COVID-19 pandemic for the apparent success of its virus-elimination strategy, keeping infection and death rates low. However, this has ...

Marcel Salathé is an associate professor and head of the Digital Epidemiology Lab, School of Life Sciences, School of Computer and Communication Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ...

PHOENIX — A COVID-19 contact tracing app launched by the University of Arizona in August has reduced coronavirus transmission by 12%, according to university analysts. “A 12% reduction in that ...

California will launch a COVID-19 exposure-notification system Thursday that uses smartphones to track interactions with infected people. The state “has partnered with Google and Apple to launch a ...

Apple and Google join forces using Bluetooth technology to help governments and health agencies reduce the spread of COVID-19. In a rare moment of collaboration, Apple and Google said Friday they have ...

Like many companies, PwC has delayed its reopening until the fall. But a contact tracing app is one part of their return-to-office plan. Contact tracing apps have a major design flaw A tech solution ...