A top world health official Monday warned that countries are essentially driving blind in reopening their economies without setting up strong contact tracing to beat back flare-ups of the coronavirus.

State leaders say a key tool in containing the virus will be increased contact tracing. WRAL Investigates examined what it entails- contacting and following up on anyone who had close contact with a ...

When Utah tapped tech developer Twenty to create its $6 million COVID-19 contact tracing app this spring, the state health department later had to shift gears when only 200 people opted to share their ...

Understanding virus entry and the subsequent intracellular journey of individual virions is critical for elucidating mechanisms of infection and developing effective antiviral strategies. Recent ...

Apple and Google launched a major joint effort to leverage smartphone technology to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. New software the companies plan to add to phones would make it easier to use ...

World public health agencies are tracking a highly mutated strain of the virus that causes COVID-19. The newly discovered strain, referred to as BA.2.86, has been designated as a "variant under ...

BEIJING — China on Tuesday said it has been “open and transparent” in the search for the origins of COVID-19 after questions about how the pandemic began received new attention. Most recently, the U.S ...