Press release content from PR Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Linux Foundation Public Health Expands Technology and Public Health Community, Accelerates the Fight Against COVID-19 December 16, 2020 GMT LF Public Health (PRNewsfoto/LF Public Health) SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Linux Foundation Public Health (LFPH), the organization that builds, secures and sustains open source software to help Public Health Authorities (PHAs) around the world combat COVID-19 and future epidemics, today announced it will host the COVID-19 Credentials Initiative, a privacy-preserving Verifiable Credentials (VCs) effort focused on interoperability. It is also announcing new Executive Director Brian Behlendorf, new public health commitments and membership investments and a new set of open source guidelines for exposure risk notifications.