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Pictured above is the Nevada Public Health Center's COVID-19 crew. The crew works to address misinformation by connecting with the Latino community culturally and emotionally.

Lost In Translation: Bilingual Contact Tracers Confront A Failure In Public Health Messaging

Stephanie Serrano

Dulce Leyva is a bilingual contact tracer who lives in Reno, Nevada. Her job is to reach out to people who have tested positive for the novel...

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Contact Tracing Apps See Mixed Success In The Mountain West

Savannah Maher

In April, Google and Apple launched software that state health authorities can use to build COVID-19 contact tracing apps. But fewer than half of U.S....

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Goshen County School District Takes On COVID-19 Contact Tracing

Catherine Wheeler

Wyoming's COVID-19 surge is having an overwhelming effect on state and local contact tracers. Public health officials might not be able to reach everyone…

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Spike In COVID-19 Cases Overwhelms Wyoming Contact Tracers

Maggie Mullen

Since the spring, contact tracing has been a crucial way to limit the spread of the COVID-19. But the current surge of cases in Wyoming and beyond has…

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Park County Public Health Officer Concerned People Not Following COVID Safety Guidelines

Kamila Kudelska

As COVID-19 cases and related hospitalizations surge in our state, some public health officers are worried that some individuals who tested positive are…

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Contact Tracing Smartphone App Could Assist Public Health Officials

Jeff Victor

Contact tracing is one of the most difficult aspects of fighting COVID-19, but a new state-backed app could assist Wyoming officials in that effort.The…