Marcel Salathé is an associate professor and head of the Digital Epidemiology Lab, School of Life Sciences, School of Computer and Communication Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ...

COVID-19 tracing apps are useful in identifying the infected individuals within an area. However, when personal information is compromised, it might be a sign to improve its security. According to the ...

During the pandemic, contact tracing apps kept Americans informed of potential exposure risk with the goal of reducing infections. But did apps like this help reduce the spread of COVID and how might ...

The risk of catching COVID-19 as calculated by a smartphone app scales with the probability of subsequently testing positive for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, showing that digital contact tracing is a ...

(Reuters) - Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google on Monday said they would ban the use of location tracking in apps that use a new contact tracing system the two are building to help slow the spread of ...