Digital versions give contact tracing extra muscle by increasing its reach and speed. Detailed tracking of COVID-19 numbers has spurred hopes of more quickly lifting social restrictions – and ...

A new study shows that the number of cases on the Isle of Wight dropped significantly after both manual and digital contact-tracing programs launched. Should we give the app more credit?

The team behind the very first contact-tracing app that launched using Google and Apple's API, Switzerland's SwissCovid, has found early evidence that the technology could be as effective as ...

A contact-tracing app isn't going to end the COVID-19 pandemic. But if enough people download them, it could help. Innovation by Design Awards Super-Early-Rate Deadline This Friday, 2/28.

Although long-promised contact tracing apps aren’t a quick fix for the COVID-19 pandemic, they can help with reducing spread—assuming people use them correctly.

California on Monday announced the public rollout of an app to support the state’s COVID-19 contact tracing efforts. Called CA Notify, the app relies on a tech framework created by Apple and ...

Fortunately, package tracking apps for iOS are plentiful in the App Store. Here are five worth checking out. ... It includes over 220 carriers and lets you add up to 10 tracking numbers at a time.

There is also a danger that identity could be exposed if phone number, name or other identifying data is associated with a tracing app. “The jury is still out on how safe contact tracing apps are.

Here’s what you need to know about the U.K. government’s contact tracing app—how it works, whether it’s safe, and whether you should use it.

Contact-tracing apps are being suggested as one way to reduce the spread of Covid-19, in particular once lockdown rules soften, by letting people know if they’ve recently been near a person who ...

Contact-tracing apps were held as essential to ending the pandemic, but even in countries that have had working products for months there is little evidence to support this, writes Allison Gardner ...

Virginia is rolling out a new app designed to aid in contact tracing during the coronavirus pandemic. Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said COVIDWISE is the first statewide app to use technology ...