The travel industry could stand to benefit greatly from the continued development of decentralized identifiers (DIDs), including decentralized identifier communications (DIDComm). Benefits include easier communication with customers, removing the need for antiquated…
Washington Post: Biden’s coronavirus testing push will need to face the ghost of websites past
The swift spread of the omicron variant has laid bare the dearth of coronavirus tests nationwide, prompting President Biden last month to announce plans to make 500 million rapid tests available in…
Updating exposure notification risk score recommendations
It is with great pleasure that the Risk Scoring Symposium Invitational is formally publishing its v2.0 recommendations. The group, comprised of technologists, epidemiologists, data scientists, and public health workers, convened multiple times…
Lessons from the travel industry on health credentials
As more and more governments adopt major COVID certificate standards (see the blog post series we released on this topic) to reopen borders, the travel industry is working hard to catch their…
NBC News: Demand grows for digital vaccine passports as borders reopen
In the week since international travelers were welcomed back to the United States, airlines, nonprofit organizations and travel groups have finally seen an uptick in the digital health passes they had hoped travelers would…
Herald Proximity Project Wins OpenUK Award for Software
We’re delighted to announce that The Herald Proximity project, originally a VMware open source project and now part of Linux Foundation Public Health (LFPH), has been awarded a 2021 OpenUK Award in…
I’m honored to have the chance to introduce myself as the new Executive Director of Linux Foundation Public Health. There is much to do. My passion for public health originated in my…
ICAO VDS – Understanding the Global COVID Certificate Landscape
The ICAO VDS is a specification created, owned and governed by ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization), the UN funded organization that develops standards for air transport and governs the e-passport system participated…
SMART Health Cards – Understanding the Global COVID Certificate Landscape
For an introduction to our Global COVID Certificate Series and links to the other options covered in this series, please see this post. SMART Health Cards (SHC) originates from the SMART Health IT…
DIVOC – Understanding the Global COVID Certificate Landscape
For an introduction to our Global COVID Certificate Series and links to the other options covered in this series, please see this post. The Digital Infrastructure for Vaccination Open Credentialing (DIVOC) is an…