A study by England’s University of Oxford released in April 2020 offered hope that widespread use of contact tracing apps, along with other safety measures, could end COVID-19.

Add COVID to the mix, and — presto — there's a health component as well. Big Tech can use contact-tracing apps to monitor contacts with COVID-positive individuals.

In our latest interview, News-Medical spoke to Dr. Mark Penney about how we can improve COVID-19 vaccinations through contact-tracing apps.

Digital contact tracing apps simplify this process by leveraging GPS location data to notify a smartphone user if they were within close proximity to someone with COVID and where the contact occurred.

Those that utilize this app can choose to have their information used by state officials to contact parties to whom they may have transmitted the COVID-19 virus.

The app is designed to alert people who may have come in contact with the virus while keeping their identity anonymous.

Two apps once used for contact tracing during the COVID-19 pandemic are not being used to track a user’s phone contacts like a chain message claims.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health is facing a class-action lawsuit for covertly installing a Google tracking app on over 1 million Android phones without users' permission.

The team developing Switzerland's coronavirus contact-tracing app says it has become the first to have launched a product incorporating a technology provided by Apple and Google.

Two apps once used for contact tracing during the COVID-19 pandemic are not being used to track a user’s phone contacts like a chain message claims.