In the 2011 pandemic thriller “Contagion,” Dr. Erin Mears (Kate Winslet) travels to meet with colleagues of Beth Emhoff, a woman who contracted a deadly new virus while overseas. Mears asks questions ...

At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, disease investigators in Douglas County had the time to contact people with positive cases of the virus and track their contacts. But as cases rose in the ...

As Cindy Delgado read about contact tracing and how it would be the key to slowing the spread of COVID–19 cases, she knew it was something she wanted to do to help. Delgado, the assistant director of ...

Public Health Nurse Joli Carr speaks with someone who tested positive for COVID-19 during a contact tracing phone call in July at Campbell County Public Health in Gillette, Wyo. (Mike Moore/Gillette ...

Q: What is contact tracing? A: Contact tracing is not new to public health. It is a method that has been used to control contagious diseases for decades, including Ebola, meningitis, tuberculosis and ...

(WSIL) -- Southern Seven Health Department (S7HD) wants residents to be aware of new changes to the COVID-19 Contact Tracing process that the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) launched. All ...

IT’S A BIG PROJECT, AND RESIDENTS SAY IT ONLY WORKS IF RESIDENTS ENGAGE IN THE PROCESS. >> PLEASE ANSWER THE PHONE WHEN YOU GET THE CONTACT TRACING CALL. KAI: GENERALLY, GETTING PEOPLE TO TAKE CALLS ...