COVID-19 phone apps shown to provide real-time information on the spread of infectious diseases
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Researchers analysing data from mobile phone apps used during the COVID-19 pandemic found that digital contact tracing provides…
Stumbling Surveillance: The End of the COVIDSafe App
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It took a few years of tolerable incompetence, caused fears about security, and was meant to be the great surveillance…
Democratizing Diagnostics During COVID-19
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By guest contributors Joseph D. Tucker, Catherine J. Wedderburn, Shunmay Yeung, and Rosanna W. Peeling COVID-19 has…
Application de suivi de contact : quel bilan ?
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Cet été, Algorithm Watch (@algorithmwatch) a publié une analyse sur les applications de suivi de contact. Pour l’ONG, les résulta…
Can Australia fix its CovidSafe app and turn the pandemic into a ‘pingdemic’?
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The Australian government is refusing to adopt technology used overseas that could speed up notification of close contactsThe…
7 ways to invest in better digital technology to fight pandemics
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Decision-makers need to prioritise further investments in digital technology for disease monitoring in their response to COVID-19…
Exposure notification apps can be more effective if they are better at estimating risk
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Joanna Masel is quick to acknowledge that the contact tracing apps built to track cases of COVID-19 aren’t as good as they…
Lessons From Contact-Tracing and Exposure-Notification Apps
Lawfare - Hard National Security Choices,
It’s been a year since the first contact-tracing and exposure-notification apps for the novel coronavirus appeared. The apps…
U.K. Study Shows Power of Digital Contact Tracing for COVID-19
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Credit: Adapted from Getty Image and Wymant C, Nature…
Vaccine drives in the US are getting younger
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This week, the FDA approved the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine for people ages 12-15, a time many families have been eagerly…