That was, in a nutshell, many Mexico City residents’ response upon learning via a Nov. 13 tweet of their local government’s new plan to better trace COVID-19 cases: asking people to scan QR codes on ...

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 ...

DE PERE, Wis. (WBAY) - The Unified School District of De Pere is using QR codes for COVID-19 contact tracing. The QR code program was created by district’s data specialist. Students use their ...

The Defense Department is looking for a better way to conduct contact tracing. Also known as proximity logging, the Defense Health Agency wants commanders and Force Health Protection staff to be able ...

Anyone who has been to a restaurant in the last few months might have scanned a square barcode with their phone to pull up their dinner menu or pay for their meals to limit contact with servers. Now ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced this week that it no longer recommends universal case investigation and contact tracing. In its place, the agency said state, tribal, ...

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 ...