Image copyright Getty Images More than 100,000 people in England have been asked to self-isolate by contact tracers in the past three weeks to contain coronavirus, data shows.The individuals have all had close contact with infected people and have now been told to stay at home by the new NHS Test and Trace service.But the…
New York City officials assigned to trace COVID-19’s path will not ask people if they have attended demonstrations tied to Black Lives Matter, a spokesperson for Mayor Bill de Blasio confirmed. Avery Cohen, the spokesperson, told the website THE CITY that if people volunteer information about attending rallies that will become part of their file but “no person…
A robust network of “contact tracers” is needed to control the spread of the coronavirus and eventually reopen the country, experts say, a massive undertaking for a public health system that has been understaffed and underfunded for decades. State and local health departments are lobbying Congress for billions of dollars to hire at least 100,000 contact…
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…
BOSTON — Alexandra Cross, a newly minted state public health worker, dialed a stranger’s telephone number Monday, her heart racing. It was Cross’ first day as part of Massachusetts’ fleet of contact tracers, responsible for tracking down people who have been exposed to the coronavirus, as soon as possible, and warning them. On her screen…
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…