Tech leaders and health authorities from around the globe collaborate to combat COVID-19

July 20, 2020

Linux Foundation Public Health launches with open source exposure notification apps being deployed in Ireland, Canada, and multiple U.S. states.

Join with us at Linux Foundation Public Health

July 20, 2020 By Dan Kohn

Along with war, famine, and death, pestilence is one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, a representation of the pervasive fears of our ancestors in antiquity. In the midst of the…

LFPH GAEN Symposium brings technologists together

July 20, 2020 By Jenny Wanger

LF Public Health was excited to host our first event, a half-day symposium dedicated to discussing some of the hard problems around implementing Google and Apple’s Exposure Notification (GAEN) apps. We gathered…

CBC: Voluntary nationwide contact tracing app coming soon, says Trudeau

July 17, 2020

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today he hopes Canadians will download a new app on their cellphones that will alert them if they’ve come into contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19….