See all of GeekWire’s special coverage. Coronavirus testing, contact tracing, isolation and mask-wearing are all components of a full-scale response to the COVID-19 outbreak. (Bigstock ...

Contact tracing strategies involve enough testing to find cases, isolating those people, then tracking down and quarantining their contacts. And a team in Australia found that even though schools ...

Quick testing and quick reporting of results are needed for contact tracing to be as effective as it can be, new research finds. Testing that takes five days or longer is of little use ...

Experts have emphasized the need for widespread testing and contact tracing in order to safely reopen universities. But some at the University of Michigan are concerned about whether contact tracing ...

July 16 (UPI) --Quick turnaround of test results and contact tracing improve the odds of successfully limiting COVID-19 spread, according to a modeling analysis published Thursday by The Lancet.

EVERETT — As the curve of the COVID-19 pandemic begins to bend, health workers will need to return to what Dr. Geoff Baird calls “the bread and butter of epidemiology.” Test many people for ...

18 N.Y. Labor Law §201-d. Finally, employers should take care to implement all workplace safety measures, including any testing and contact tracing, in a non-discriminatory manner to avoid ...

In order to manage COVID-19 as the state starts to reopen certain businesses, public health experts call for more testing, robust contact tracing and isolating positive cases and their personal ...

4 REPORTER BOB MAYO TELLS US, THERE STILL SOME ISSUES. >> PENNSYLVANIA’S OFFICIAL DIRECTING TESTING AND CONTACT TRACING SAYS THAT THEIR USING THE STATE’S PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE TO GET ...

The same goes for testing, an equally-necessary component. Nor is it known how much the contact tracing will cost, although Levine said a $19 million federal grant will cover some of it.

Quick testing and quick reporting of results are needed for contact tracing to be as effective as it can be, new research finds. Testing that takes five days or longer is of little use ...