While often glanced over, sewage systems may have become the newest source of information on the spread of the novel coronavirus. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) approved the newest method of ...

Contact tracing is seen by many as key to controlling the spread of COVID-19 and reopening the economy. But it's complicated. The old school method of contact tracing is expensive, takes a long time ...

Maui District Health Office epidemiological specialists Takako Nakaaki and Spencer Headley are hard at work in their office in Wailuku. They are part of the team doing contact tracing and follow-ups ...

A new method of contact tracing is being taught in Orange County that is designed to build trust in some of the hardest hit communities. It is a partnership between the county's health department and ...

The coronavirus is bringing time-tested techniques for controlling the spread of disease front and center. For decades health officials have been using contact tracing to manage outbreaks of TB, ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Ohio Department of Health will change the way it conducts coronavirus contact tracing going forward, to better account for how people think they may have contracted the disease.

After a Rose Garden event announcing the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett appears to have led to several positive coronavirus cases among high-ranking politicians, including President Donald J.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The onset of the omicron variant has forced healthcare professionals into emergency mode as COVID-19 infections spread at a rapid-fire pace. Doctors say anything to curb the ...

Contact tracing has undergone a transformation from being a relatively unknown process to becoming a household term during the pandemic. However, the way the vast majority of American public health ...

Contact tracing — or the identifying of individuals who have a disease and their contacts — can save lives. As cities across the country step up their contact tracing efforts to battle COVID-19, ...