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  • Locals 3-D print emergency personal protective equipment

    March 30, 2020 |

    Monadnock Ledger-Transcript |

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    Response Location: United States, Peterborough, New Hampshire

    In response to a request from a local hospital, a Peterborough resident began using his 3-D printer to print face masks and clear plastic face shields to help protect frontline workers during the coronavirus pandemic. Although supplies are limited, some "makerspaces" are collaborating on the process and sharing materials and designs to keep operations running.

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  • These Philly doctors have COVID-19, but they're still treating patients — virtually

    March 30, 2020 |

    The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia medical centers had to pivot their services in response to COVID-19, turning to telehealth to screen patients who think they’re experiencing symptoms. That pivot took some adjusting – having to hire and train staff in the technology and process and scaling their services to meet the massive spike in online appointments. Doing so has let places like Jefferson Health and Penn Medicine see close to 10x the patients they usually see.

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  • FDA grants emergency authorization to system that decontaminates N95 respirator masks for re-use

    March 30, 2020 |

    TechCrunch |

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    Response Location: United States, Columbus, Ohio

    In an effort to fill the deficit of face masks for healthcare workers, the Food and Drug Administration gave emergency authorization to development and lab management company Battelle to sanitize used masks for reuse. Their system decontaminates N95 respirator masks using concentrated hydrogen peroxide and can turn single-use respirators into masks that can be used up to 20 times. The system is underway in their Ohio facility and is producing up to 80,000 masks per day.

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  • During lockdown foresters try to balance field work and prevention of disease spread

    March 30, 2020 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: India, Dehradun, Uttarakhand

    In the wake of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement of a lockdown as a response to COVID-19, wildlife protection workers are still showing up to work. Their services have been deemed essential because illegal activities such as poaching that threaten native endangered species are still at high risk during a lockdown. By limiting staff and using social distancing, they plan to continue their important work amidst this crisis.

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  • Mental health care in Colorado has gone virtual thanks to coronavirus. For some patients, it's long overdue.

    March 30, 2020 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado Springs, Colorado

    In Colorado, most mental health services have been moved online as a response to the novel coronavirus outbreak. Called telemental health, the virtual sessions give those that regularly see a therapist, or need to because of increased anxiety during the pandemic, an option to from home. While this is being seen as a breakthrough in services, barriers like access to technology and the lack of interpersonal connection provides their own set of challenges.

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  • Food waste and food insecurity rising amid coronavirus panic

    March 30, 2020 |

    National Geographic |

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    Response Location: United States

    With restaurants closing and people panic-buying groceries, food waste is inevitably going to rise. There are many initiatives going on throughout the United States to address this very issue. For example, nonprofit Rethink in New York City pays restaurant staff to create meals out of the surplus ingredients that other restaurants have, which are then sold to the public with a $3 donation. For individuals, there are even ways to shift your behavior with preserving and consuming the food you buy that will allow them to last longer and be eaten in entirety.

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  • Local farmers open virtual farmers market to fill gap left by restaurant orders during COVID-19

    March 30, 2020 |

    WLS-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Chicago-based Closed Loop Farms, dependent on farmers markets, had to pivot to online sales with the closure of many public spaces as a response to COVID-19. Running a virtual farmers market, the local grower also sells sustainable, local products from other Chicago businesses. People are able to order their fresh produce, honey, and kombucha online and have it delivered to their door.

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  • States swap COVID-19 test supplies to fight shortage

    March 30, 2020 |

    Inforum |

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    Response Location: United States, North Dakota

    Facing a supply shortage, North Dakota and South Dakota arranged a no-cost swap of needed COVID19 testing supplies. Both states are part of the Northern Plains Consortium, made up of five states’ public health lab workers in an ongoing effort to collaborate and learn from one another. And those relationships paid off when the Dakotas needed to cooperate to share supplies in order to test their residents.

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  • Technology To Clean And Reuse PPE Is Being Deployed To Hotspot Hospitals

    March 30, 2020 |

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    Response Location: United States, Columbus, Ohio

    As the fight against COVID-19 continues, Ohio-based Battelle labs has created the Critical Care Decontamination System that can clean as many as 80,000 of personal protective equipment at once. The system, which was fast-tracked by the FDA for approval, is modular and scalable, so it can be shipped to locations around the country.

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  • They were supposed to build stages for Coachella. Now they're building coronavirus triage tents

    March 30, 2020 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    When coronavirus began spreading throughout the United States, one of the earliest actions taken was to cancel large events, which meant that production firms also lost work. In Los Angeles, the firm that is typically responsible for building the tents, staging, and facilities for such events have now turned their efforts to helping construct medical villages.

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