The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. Over two weeks into a fall semester that’s been massively altered by COVID-19, the ...

A new app called NOVID aims to tell you how close COVID is to you — not geographically, but socially — using the idea of the “six degrees of separation.” Developed by a math professor and U.S. Math ...

Public health officials have cited contact tracing as a key part of lifting lockdowns and continuing to prevent the spread of the coronavirus; a new app developed at Carnegie Mellon University could ...

The idea is that users check NOVID frequently, much like they’d check their weather apps, to see how their personal “COVID radar” is looking to determine whether they need to stay at home for a few ...

Georgia Institute of Technology has announced a partnership with NOVID as a part of their strategy for keeping students and faculty safe from the virus as they reopen for the Fall semester. NOVID is ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - NOVID is the first major anonymous contact tracing app to use ultrasound and bluetooth technology to accurately gauge the distance between people. "NOVID is a fully anonymous way ...

SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – The City of Santa Fe has partnered with the creators of a smartphone app, called NOVID, that serves as a “pandemic radar” and detects the risk of COVID-19 in real-time. Unlike ...

The spread of COVID-19 is tough to trace and even tougher to predict, but researchers at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Mellon University created an early warning system to help protect you from the virus ...

Do you know anyone with a pacemaker or defibrillator? An alarming study has demonstrated that iPhone 12’s MagSafe magnets can interfere with implanted medical devices. Adam Engst explains why the ...