contact tracing

Despite a massive hiring push last year, health agencies around the U.S. failed to contain the pandemic through contact tracing. Health leaders reflect on lessons learned and what's next.

Florida is spending millions on a contact tracing app, although Gov. Ron DeSantis doesn't quite believe in the practice. One Democrat has broken ranks on the fate of Homestead's childhood detention center. And how is the Miami Open keeping players and fans safe as the pandemic continues?

Despite the coronavirus pandemic, large crowds of Tampa Bay Buccaneers fans celebrated in the streets of Tampa Sunday night after the team's victory in Super Bowl LV.

Contact tracers help stop the spread of the coronavirus that develops into COVID-19 by tracking down anybody who comes into contact with someone who tests positive for the disease. Now, with the help of grant funding, Miami Beach has seven tracers focused on helping the businesses and staff of the city.

Contact tracing involves calling someone who tests positive for COVID-19 to find out who they’ve been around lately. Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava has a few requests to help stop the coronavirus from spreading.

As Thanksgiving break approaches, many schools are seeing spikes in coronavirus cases. Some campuses are using students to work the phones as contact tracers.

This post will be updated today, Friday, October 30, and through the week with the latest information on COVID-19 in South Florida.

Google and Apple teamed up on using smartphones to track coronavirus infections. But the systems are only available in a few states, where they're being used by a tiny percentage of the population.

This post will be updated today, Monday, Aug. 31, and through the week with the latest information on COVID-19 in South Florida.

The scam call you ignored or sent to voicemail might just be a contact tracer.The call will come from 833-917-2880. The person on the other end will…

Florida reported an additional 11,433 cases of COVID-19 Friday, bringing the total number of cases to 244,151 across the state. It’s the second time the…

Contact tracing is a core disease control measure. When someone tests positive, a contact tracer will ask the infected patient for telephone numbers of…