Contact Tracing

Health investigators across the U.S. are finding it nearly impossible to keep up with the deluge of new COVID-19 infections and carry out contact tracing efforts that were once seen as a pillar of the nation’s pandemic response.

Pennsylvania is firing a company that performed COVID-19 contact tracing and exposed the private medical information of tens of thousands of residents, state officials said.

Pennsylvania should immediately terminate the no-bid state contract of a company that performed COVID-19 contact tracing and exposed the private medical information of tens of thousands of residents, Republican state lawmakers said Monday.

Republican state lawmakers say Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf should immediately terminate the no-bid state contract of a company that performed COVID-19 contact tracing and exposed the private medical information of tens of thousands of residents.

Officials in Philadelphia say herd immunity is not the metric they’re using to fully reopen. Instead they’re basing it on COVID-19 case counts and conditions in hospitals. NBC10’s Aaron Baskerville explains.

Pennsylvania officials say employees of a vendor paid to conduct COVID-19 contact tracing may have compromised the private information of at least 72,000 people

Although New Jersey continues to build out the capabilities of its community contact tracing corps, compliance with contact tracers stands at around 26 percent, the governor announced. During his coronavirus press briefing Monday, Gov. Phil Murphy said that the state now has more than 30 contact tracers per every 100,000 residents statewide in all but three counties — Bergen, Camden…

An Associated Press analysis finds that new smartphone technology for alerting people about possible exposure to the coronavirus has been slow to catch on

Pennsylvania’s contact tracing system is under strain as the explosion of new COVID-19 cases overtakes health workers’ ability to keep up

Health officials in Pennsylvania and other states have had issues with people not responding to contact tracers and thus, not being able to tell people to self-isolate to stop the spread. NBC10’s Jacqueline London reports.

Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine says that too many people aren’t cooperating with contact tracers as Pennsylvania looks to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Pennsylvania is seeing new record case counts for the coronavirus and a rise in hospitalizations, though Dr. Rachel Levine feels hospitals have more knowledge and more treatment options to fight the virus this fall and winter.

NBC10’s Erin Coleman looks into the role of positivity rates in determining response to the coronavirus.

Across the U.S., people from immigrant, refugee and Black communities are being hired to bridge the cultural divide in the United States and rebuild public confidence in America’s public health system

St. Joseph’s Preparatory School’s nationally-ranked football team won’t be playing this weekend after a cluster of cases of the coronavirus forced the Philadelphia Jesuit high school for boys and young men to transition to virtual learning through at least the end of October.

No one should have come in person last week to President Donald Trump’s fundraiser at his Bedminster golf club because of the risk of COVID-19 infection, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said Monday. White House officials acknowledged last week they knew of the president’s exposure risk before he traveled to the Garden State for Thursday’s event but allowed it...

Philadelphia is averaging about 80 new COVID-19 cases a day. While that number might seem low, health officials say exponential spread can happen fast. NBC10 investigative reporter Mitch Blacher gives us an exclusive look at how Philadelphia traces and stops new infections before they strike.

Both Pennsylvania and Delaware are using an app to help residents stay safe amid the coronavirus pandemic. NBC10’s Matt DeLucia explains.

Pennsylvania’s new coronavirus exposure-notification app is now available on app stores.

The app COVID Alert PA can let users know if they have been near someone who tested positive for the coronavirus.