The idea behind digital contact tracing is that, when an individual tests positive for an infectious disease such as COVID-19, an app on their smartphone can send a notification to other smartphones ...

Bitter enemies teamed up to build tools they hoped would help slow the virus’s spread. If we’ve learned anything from covid-19, it’s the extent to which our lives are enmeshed with those of the people ...

(TNS) — The digital contact tracing effort in Virginia is 2 million phones strong. Roughly a quarter of the adult population has downloaded the state’s COVIDWISE app or opted in on their iPhones to ...

Electron microscope image of the virus that causes COVID-19. Photo: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Apple and Google revealed Friday that they’re teaming up to take on one of the ...

The Omicron variant of COVID-19 continues to surge across the United States as new cases have jumped by 185 percent over the past two weeks and the daily caseload stands at over 760,000. National ...