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![The National Guard and the Athens City-County Health Department administered free pop-up COVID-19 tests at the Athens High School parking lot in August.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Screen-Shot-2020-08-22-at-4.38.44-PM-e1598128946237-900x422.png)
COVID-19: Athens County Health Dept. Is Preparing For the Fall Semester
By: Claudia Cisneros
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — The annual August ritual of Ohio University students returning to Athens has a different impact during this COVID-19 pandemic. The university will start fall semester with approximately… Read More
![Contact tracers (from left) Christella Uwera, Dishell Freeman and Alejandra Camarillo work at Harris County Public Health Contact Tracing facility in Houston in June.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ap_20177713483523-042031fc66ce72887652eb83e83a83d3201dd6b7-scaled-e1596819213416-900x422.jpg)
Coronavirus Cases Are Surging. The Contact Tracing Workforce Is Not
By: Selena Simmons-Duffin | NPR
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NPR surveyed all 50 states about their contact tracing work. The workforce has barely grown since mid-June, while cases have skyrocketed.
![A sign in the Statehouse shows the Senate and the House directions](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/senate_house_sign-e1591221209269-900x422.jpg)
Senate Rejects Proposal To Require Written Consent For Contact Tracing
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A proposal from the Ohio House that would require people with COVID-19 give consent to contact tracing in writing has been rejected by the Senate. That sends… Read More
![A graphic showing social distancing](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/AP_965582690393-e1590419421468-900x422.png)
WATCH: ‘Massive Numbers of People’ Needed to do Contact Tracing
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — State governments across the country are hiring thousands of people as contact tracers to track the spread of COVID-19 and to help bring it under control…. Read More
![Contact tracing involves a painstaking process of identifying and reaching out to all of a COVID-19 patient's recent contacts. In Ireland, Irish Army cadets assist with the contact tracing work in Dublin.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/gettyimages-1206945741-b458eb69c51453d881695d365db1e26fe2814521-scaled-e1586878796109-900x422.jpg)
How Contact Tracing Works and How it Can Help Reopen the Country
By: Selena Simmons-Duffin | NPR
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It’s a technique widely used in other countries to slow the spread of infection. Here’s how contact tracing works — and how it can help the U.S. start to get back to normal.