

Science Dec 06

Six months ago, Apple and Google introduced a new smartphone tool designed to notify people who might have been exposed to the coronavirus, without disclosing any personal information. But for the most part, Americans haven’t been all that interested.
By Bryan Anderson, Matt O'Brien, Associated Press
Politics Oct 05

What the president’s spokespeople have said about his illness, the therapies he has been given so far and what his return to the Oval Office may look like.
By Isabella Isaacs-Thomas, Rebecca Oh
Politics Oct 05

Officials with the Washington, D.C., Department of Health have been unsuccessful in trying to connect with the White House to assist with contact tracing and other protocols regarding the COVID-19 outbreak.
By Ashraf Khalil, Associated Press
World Jul 06

Recent headlines out of Hong Kong have focused on politics, with the imposition of a controversial new national security law from Beijing. But on the public health front, Hong Kong has been a coronavirus success story, suffering much less infection…
By Nick Schifrin
Jun 29

By Tammy Webber, Brady McCombs, John L. Mone, Associated Press
Contact tracing tracks people who test positive and anyone they've come in contact with. It was challenging even when stay-at-home orders were in place, but it's exponentially more difficult now.
Jun 09

The coronavirus pandemic is continuing to spread across much of the world, but one country that set out to defeat it has apparently succeeded: Vietnam. Bordering China, where the virus originated, the similarly authoritarian country instituted mass quarantines and social…
Jun 02

By Sylvie Corbet, Kelvin Chan, Associated Press
France is rolling out an official coronavirus contact-tracing app aimed at containing fresh outbreaks as lockdown restrictions gradually ease.
State governments across the country are hiring thousands of people as contact tracers to track the spread of COVID-19 and to help bring it under control. The data collected from contact tracing can help researchers better understand how the virus…
May 21

By Danica Kirka, Vanessa Gera, Elaine Kurtenbach, Associated Press
Doubts were growing on Thursday over whether ambitious plans by European governments to use contact-tracing apps to fight the spread of the coronavirus will be able to be implemented with any real effectiveness soon.
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