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The job of contact tracing can involve detective work. During the Ebola outbreak in West Africa in 2014, a hand-drawn map on the wall of a rural clinic in Liberia showed health workers how to get to a remote village where a woman with Ebola may have traveled. Kelly McEvers/NPR hide caption toggle caption Kelly…

Contact tracing can help public health officials slow the spread of coronavirus. Angela Lang/CNET For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. In the fight against the spread of COVID-19, Apple and Google are teaming up to help public health organizations more easily track the spread of coronavirus…

Published on Apr 21, 2020Some states are reopening before there is a COVID-19 vaccine, but many are worried about a second wave of cases. NBC News’ Alexa Liautaud spoke with infectious disease Dr. Mike Reid who explained how contact tracing could prevent a second outbreak.» Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC» Watch more NBC video: http://bit.ly/MoreNBCNewsNBC…

When a strange new virus begins spreading through a community, state and local health departments know who to call: The contact tracers.They are the men and women who meticulously track down the friends, family and colleagues of infected people to warn them they’re in danger and urge them to quarantine. Gov. John Bel Edwards said…

CLOSE A Los Angeles County test is looking for pivotal information about whether people can develop immunity that helps them fight off future infections. USA TODAYA public health expert who led the fight against the Ebola outbreak in Liberia says the United States is downplaying one strategy key to stopping the coronavirus pandemic: contact tracing.Tolbert…