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Contact tracing could be key in halting the spread of hantavirus. Here's how it works

More than two dozen passengers left the cruise ship before the outbreak was identified. The race is on to connect with them to monitor their health — and the health of those they'v...

We Now Know How Many People the CDC Is Monitoring for Hantavirus

There are no confirmed cases in the US, but 41 people who were potentially exposed to the Andes virus are in quarantine or being monitored for symptoms.

Could Contact-Tracing Apps Help With the Hantavirus? Not Really

Contact-tracing apps were widely deployed during the Covid pandemic. They aren’t as helpful during smaller outbreaks.

Read to Know How Health Officials Are Tracing Contacts of Hantavirus Victims

Scientists are trying to learn more about the virus as fast as they can, including whether it has mutated and how exactly it spreads.

One person diagnosed with active tuberculosis as screening at Bedok concludes, pending some follow-ups

The Communicable Diseases Agency said that contact tracing is underway to identify and evaluate the close contacts of the patient.

Officials scramble with emergency contact tracing to stop Hantavirus from spreading

According to a report from the World Health Organization, health authorities have initiated international contact tracing efforts to contain a cluster of hantavirus infections tied...

Ebola spreads in eastern Congo as contact tracing falters

Ebola is spreading faster than responders can track it in eastern Congo, where health workers managed to follow up with barely one in five identified contacts in a single day. Auth...

Airlines assist with hantavirus contact tracing

South African and Dutch public health authorities, Airlink and KLM are assisting the World Health…

TRACS Enables Strain-Level Tracking of Microbial Transmission

TRACS is a new genomic tool that distinguishes closely related microbial strains, enabling accurate tracking of pathogen and microbiome transmission and potentially improving outbr...

Ebola outruns containment in eastern Congo as contact tracing falters

Ebola is spreading faster than responders can track it in eastern Congo, where health workers managed to follow up with barely one in five identified contacts in a single day. The...

Officials rushing to trace passengers who left cruise ship before virus detected

Dozens of passengers left a cruise ship in St. Helena before hantavirus was confirmed on board, prompting global contact tracing efforts.

CDC monitoring 54 measles case contacts