During the pandemic, contact tracing apps kept Americans informed of potential exposure risk with the goal of reducing infections.

Singapore is officially turning off its COVID-19 contact tracing system amidst plans to further ease travel restrictions, as the country exits the "acute phase" of the pandemic. Plans also are in ...

Epidemiologists at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) developed and implemented a novel, student-driven, contact-tracing program that reduced COVID-19 exposures and infections on the campus ...

California throws more money at COVID-19 contact tracing, but is it too late? One expert says that because omicron spreads so quickly, the millions spent on contact tracing could be better spent ...

"Contact tracing" became a household phrase during the COVID19 pandemic. As cases of monkeypox rise, health officials are once again using this strategy.

The Spokane Regional Health District will continue COVID-19 contact tracing through 2022, after the district renewed its contract with the Public Health Institute for another year. But the efforts ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced this week that it no longer recommends universal case investigation and contact tracing.

NYC Test & Trace Corps, the city's initiative for Covid testing and contact tracing, will end universal contact tracing—where every positive case is called up—by the end of April. The decision ...

NEW YORK — New York City’s main COVID-19 contact-tracing program will come to an end next month as cases continue to stabilize and vaccinations remain on the rise, the health department announced.

The CDC no longer recommends universal COVID-19 case investigation and contact tracing, instead encouraging health departments to now prioritize those efforts for high-risk settings.

After the main tracing program ends in late April, people who test positive will get a text message about resources that can help them, including a new program for anti-viral pill delivery.

While some states and counties ended their coronavirus contact tracing efforts during January in the face of an overwhelming wave of omicron cases, El Paso County and Denver public health ...