In the coronavirus era, a host of epidemiological terms have entered common public use. There’s the now-ubiquitous “social distancing,” and the newly politicized “flatten the curve.” And as states and ...

Marcel Salathé is an associate professor and head of the Digital Epidemiology Lab, School of Life Sciences, School of Computer and Communication Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ...

Contact tracing has played a central role in COVID-19 control in many jurisdictions and is often used in conjunction with other measures such as travel restrictions and social distancing mandates.