A recent Nature journal study analyzed over seven million data points from the National Health Service (NHS) coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) app to understand how app measurements can be ...

Millions of users of the app, blamed for causing the 'pingdemic' of 2021, were notified that it will close down on 27 April ...

Researchers analyzing data from mobile phone apps used during the COVID-19 pandemic found that digital contact tracing provides rich insights into epidemic dynamics with unprecedented resolution and ...

Exclusive: Emails show senior police leadership in south London told their officers to turn off COVID app despite safety concerns. Experts warn force is “asking for a big outbreak”. Some 1,500 police ...

A study published today in Nature shows that the NHS COVID-19 contact tracing app successfully predicted people's risk of catching the virus following exposure to an infected person. Researchers at ...

Researchers at the University of Oxford, U.K., have discovered how the rate of exposure time to someone with COVID-19 contact relates to infection risk. They found that the duration of exposure to ...

It’s summer 2021. You rent a house in the countryside with a bunch of friends for someone’s birthday. The weather’s gorgeous that weekend, so mostly you’re all outside—pool, firepit, hammock, etc.—but ...

LONDON, Sept 26 (Reuters) - England's COVID-19 smartphone app launched to curb the spread of the virus does not accept test results processed in the country's state-run laboratories, hospitals or as ...