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  • Ashland residents are using 3D printers to manufacture face shields

    In Ashland County, Ohio, approximately 20 owners of 3-D printers are manufacturing face shields for employees at area nursing homes and hospitals, and plan to shift production for retail and restaurant workers too. The 3-D printer owners coordinate their response through the Ashland County Open Source COVID-19 Medical Supplies Facebook Group.

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  • Are We Firing Too Many People In The U.S.? Audio icon

    “Kurzarbeit” is a German governmental program that helps preserve jobs in an economic crisis. A company can reduce the hours of workers and the government will help pay them, which preserves the important specialized training invested in manufacturing jobs, helps workers get some pay, and reduces the reliance upon unemployment benefits that are comparable to those in the U.S. It worked in the 2008 recession, and it is working in the economic downturn caused by COVID-19.

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  • New technology allows decontamination of N95 masks

    A hospital in Washington has become the third hospital in the United States to install a new technology that allows for decontamination of N95 masks. This technology, which will help decontaminate up to 80,000 masks per day, is crucial for keeping frontline workers safe during the coronavirus pandemic.

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  • Orange County Lab Runs Coronavirus Tests in 90 Minutes Audio icon

    Three people in Orange County came together to fill the gap in testing in their area. A surgeon named Dr. Yalamanchili, a scientist named Dr. Chris Crock, and a laboratory owner named Michelle Huston joined forces to create an independent testing lab that can produce results in only 90 minutes. Right now the lab is conducting up to 100 tests a day, and the three of them are also encouraging others to open independent labs to fill the gaps.

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  • What some West Coast brands are doing to keep sales flowing during stay-at-home orders

    During the COVID-19 pandemic, food industry leaders, specifically those in the organic and health food category, are trying to figure out how to keep their businesses afloat. Nature’s Path has increased hourly pay of its workers and donated thousands of cases of food to charitable organizations, while smaller organizations like Down to Cook have shifted to direct to consumer models.

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  • Covid-19 is ravaging black communities. A Milwaukee neighborhood is figuring out how to fight back.

    In Wisconsin, the coronavirus pandemic is disproportionately impacting black communities, but local residents are finding ways to help their fellow neighbors in times of crisis. Tactics including increasing testing in black communities, reframing rhetoric about the pandemic as acts of crime, and forming a local community group to solicit and deliver food donations, are helping this Milwaukee County step in to address concerns where the federal government hasn't.

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  • Boston To Berlin: Indie Bookstores Weather Corona Crisis Closures, Creatively

    After an initial shock to business-as-usual, some independent booksellers are trying new methods to get their products in the hands of readers. Home deliveries, online sales, and fundraising efforts are keeping some longstanding institutions afloat, at least for now.

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  • Les "courses suspendues", la nouvelle initiative solidaire d'une Italie confinée

    L'Italie, comme beaucoup d'autres pays, a vu diverses formes de solidarité surgir dès le début de la crise sanitaire et économique liée au coronavirus : La Tribune analyse ici l'impact d'une initiative qui a essaimé aux quatre coins de la péninsule et qui a visé à apporter une aide alimentaire aux personnes privées de leurs revenus pendant le confinement.

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  • Trocken bleiben trotz Corona-Isolation

    Videochats, Whatsapp-Gruppen, Telefondienst rund um die Uhr. Wer süchtig nach Alkohol ist, findet jetzt online Hilfe – hauptsache, in Verbindung bleiben.

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  • Coronavirus In Colorado: Virtual Reality Helps Nurses, Doctors Respond To Emergencies

    As the coronavirus pandemic forces healthcare workers to perform potentially critical duties that they are not used to, a company named Health Scholars is adapting its training software from virtual reality to internet websites. Their program offers simulated experiences for healthcare workers to learn how to respond in varied situations, though they have adapted it to train all healthcare workers in advanced cardiac life-support. The company is offering $1 million in grants to get their software to as many as 14,000 healthcare providers so far and has already been sent to hospitals in NY and MI.

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