Answer your freakin’ phone.That’s the message contact tracers are trying to get through to people they’re calling who have tested positive for the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. One public service announcement tweeted out by the state Health Department shows two iphones side by side, one with an incoming call from “Your Ex” and another from…
A man carrying a brick is confronted by protesters inside the Capitol Hill Organized Protest in Seattle on June 14. Noah Riffe/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Noah Riffe/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images A man carrying a brick is confronted by protesters inside the Capitol Hill Organized Protest in Seattle on June…
Dr. Daniel Kombert, medical director for the Care Logistics Center and the director for the Clinical Command Center, middle, works with other medical professionals as they answer calls and track data at the Hartford HealthCare COVID-19 Command Center in Newington, Conn., on March 10, 2020.Kassi Jackson | Hartford Courant | Tribune News Service via Getty…
Associated Press Published: June 21, 2020 at 9:19 p.m. ET Program reportedly hampered by reluctance of people to cooperate Passengers wearing protective masks ride the subway in New York. Bloomberg News NEW YORK — New York City’s effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus through contact tracing has been hampered by the reluctance of…
(Newser) – As society reopens, health experts say, contact tracing will be key to controlling the spread of the coronavirus. "Without population-level social distancing measures," said one, "then we don't have really another tool to control the threat." Dr. Crystal Watson of Johns Hopkins wants Congress to approve $3.6 billion for contact tracing and related…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…