Cat Dennison ’21 was among 169 Miami University students who conducted contact tracing interviews and disease investigations for the Butler County General Health District during the COVID-19 pandemic.
On June 17, the Native American population accounted for roughly 11% of the total confirmed COVID-19 cases in Arizona. Today, on Aug. 17, that percentage has been cut in more than half and currently ...
Public Health Reports (1974-), Vol. 137, No. 2S, Innovations in COVID-19 Case Investigation and Contact Tracin (November/December 2022), pp. 5S-10S (6 pages) US Public Health Service. Influenza a ...
A recent study used contract tracing data to produce a detailed map to date of SARS-CoV-2 spread in New York City. Researchers found that the city's contact tracing program was efficient and produced ...
As the world continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, one resounding consensus from health experts and organizations is that communities and nations need to work together to continue to “flatten the ...
Here's one sign the pandemic is on the decline. NPR's latest survey of state health departments with the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security finds many are winding down their contact tracing ...
Yes, it's time-consuming. No, it's not hard. Yes, you'll learn something. I have a full-time job and no plans to leave it, but when Johns Hopkins launched an online course for contact tracers last ...
Contact tracing programs were deployed around the globe to slow the spread of COVID-19, but these programs could not prevent the multiple waves of transmission and loss of life that have occurred ...
The contact tracing training and deployment program at University of Utah was recently awarded a $3.1 million contract from the Utah Department of Health (UDOH). This funding will extend the program ...
Heather Meador and Anna Herber-Downey use dating apps on the job — and their boss knows it. Both are public health nurses employed by Linn County Public Health in eastern Iowa. They've learned that ...