Hundreds of academics across the world have welcomed efforts to introduce privacy-friendly contact tracing systems to help understand the spread of coronavirus. A letter, signed by nearly 300 ...

Despite a massive hiring push last year, health agencies around the U.S. failed to contain the pandemic through contact tracing. Health leaders reflect on lessons learned and what's next.

Operator pictured in action at a call center for contact tracing in Brussels on May 8, 2020. Phone calls are made to map how many people in the city have contracted COVID-19.

When University of Toronto researcher Alán Aspuru-Guzik saw the university’s call for research proposals that could help address the COVID-19 crisis, three words beginning with “T” came to mind: Treat ...