May 05 COVID-19 tracing apps come with privacy trade-offs By Christina Larson, Matt O'Brien, Associated Press Many governments eager to reopen their societies are starting to bet on smartphone apps to help stanch the coronavirus pandemic. Continue reading
May 05 How contact tracing can help the U.S. get control over coronavirus By Laura Santhanam Testing alone without extensive contact tracing is not enough to control COVID-19, public health experts say. But people's memories can quickly complicate the detective work required to mitigate a pandemic. Continue reading
May 04 Watch 6:50 What is contact tracing, and how could it help the U.S. manage COVID-19? By Amna Nawaz, Frank Carlson, Rhana Natour With COVID-19 cases in the U.S. still rising, many experts say the next phase in the pandemic response will require aggressive contact tracing. The technique has been used extensively in prior disease outbreaks elsewhere, but the U.S. currently lacks a… Continue watching
Apr 27 Watch 8:26 How this bipartisan plan proposes scaling up contact tracing As the U.S. grapples with the novel coronavirus, a bipartisan group is putting together an ambitious plan to scale capacity to track and contain the virus. Andy Slavitt, former director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, joins Judy… Continue watching