An accurate way to trace potential contacts of newly diagnosed coronavirus patients is widely seen as an important step in limiting the spread of the virus and eventually reopening businesses. There are two main approaches:...

Dianna from Physics Girl interviews an ER Nurse Practitioner and an Epidemiologist about their experiences with the COVID-19 pandemic.

We're all locked inside at the moment because we're concerned about the spread of the Coronavirus, and it looks like we're going to have to stay where we are until the situation changes. One way this could happen is through the...

Google and Apple delivered their contact tracing app API to public health agencies across the globe. The apps would allow Bluetooth pings between smartphones within six and a half feet of each other. And in theory, these apps would...

In this free English lesson I show you how to learn English vocabulary using real American English conversation as your training material! We’re studying news about the coronavirus, Covid-19, in an interview with Bill Gates led by...

The UK government released its own app in an effort to trace potential coronavirus exposures and minimize the spread of the virus. Instead of using the API released by Apple and Google, the UK opted for a home-grown option that proved...

How do we know when to stop social distancing and reopen the world? It's complicated, but there are four major goalposts we should meet before we start getting back to normal.

Will 2020 be the year that consumers give up on their privacy because of excessive digital surveillance? Gabriel Leung, HKU Dean of Medicine, Gos Hosein of Privacy International and MIT's Ramesh Raskar discuss at WSJ Tech Health.

Many countries struggle to roll out enough testing kits for suspected cases.

European nations begin easing COVID-19 restrictions even while reporting more cases.

Nobel Laureate Paul Romer says without better coronavirus testing, US will continue to lose lives and economic output.

India's lockdown has magnified two of the country's most serious social ills. Plus, photographing the pandemic.

Countries with falling infection rates cautiously relax restrictions

Dr. Earl Rubin, director of pediatric infectious diseases at the Montreal Children's Hospital, says he is 'very concerned' that four of the seven measles cases in Quebec were not acquired overseas and are not linked epidemiologically....

The pandemic had a negative effect on Canadian efforts to eliminate tuberculosis, especially in remote Indigenous communities.

Daily cases of COVID-19 are likely to be above 10,000 in Quebec by Boxing Day because the government didn't move quickly enough to restrict contacts, says infectious disease specialist Dr. Matthew Oughton. 'You have to move immediately,'...

Dr. Christopher Labos, a Montreal epidemiologist and cardiologist, answers questions on holiday gatherings amid the Omicron variant's surge in several provinces, as well as concerns over rapid test and contact tracing shortages.(Credit:...

Alberta reintroduces contact tracing and isolation protocols for schools, and introduces more testing, as COVID-19 continues to rip through the province, including unvaccinated children.

Classes were cancelled at some schools in Charlottetown, P.E.I., after six COVID-19 cases were found among students. Meanwhile, some parents in Alberta say they're frustrated over the decision to end contact tracing in schools.

As the worsening fourth wave of COVID-19 takes a severe toll on health-care workers, some are voicing their disapproval over how the province has handled the pandemic and say the official case count has been understated.

With COVID-19 stretching Nova Scotia’s health-care system to its limits, officials ordered a province-wide lockdown to try and prevent further spread of the virus.

With COVID-19 stretching Nova Scotia’s health-care system to its limits, officials ordered a provincewide lockdown to try and prevent further spread of the virus.

Leah Nord with the Canadian Chamber of Commerce says there can be no economic recovery from COVID-19 until people feel safe about going back to their normal lives.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke with reporters outside Rideau Cottage on Tuesday