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  • In Rural Vermont, Food Relief Program Is Eyed as Model

    September 08, 2020 |

    The Daily Yonder |

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    Response Location: United States, Brattleboro, Vermont

    A food-relief initiative in Brattleboro, Vermont is helping connect people facing food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic with free meals that are provided by local restaurants. The initiative – which also requires that the restaurants source 10% of the food from local farms – has already provided nearly 12,000 meals to local residents.

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  • Remote Learning Progress Report: Broadband proves to be major issue

    September 08, 2020 |

    Concord Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Rochester, New York

    Rochester School District previously used hotspots on buses to help students traveling to extracurricular events, but once the pandemic showed how many families were struggling to stay virtually connected, the buses were turned into traveling hotspots for different neighborhoods. The district was able to get all but 20% of its student population connected and is looking for more ways to minimize the digital divide.

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  • Seniors Struggle With Isolation In The Pandemic. Here's How Some Organizations Are Trying To Help.

    September 07, 2020 |

    WBEZ |

    Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Illinois

    The COVID-19 pandemic has complicated how seniors are able to come together for companionship, but groups in Illinois are trying to utilize technology to address the problem. While the digital divide is a significant limitation to this approach, some seniors say "they are having new experiences, meeting new people and that their world has actually expanded since COVID-19."

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  • Will API Small Businesses Survive in Post-COVID Era?

    September 05, 2020 |

    Rafu Shimpo |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Business counseling for struggling entrepreneurs has been crucial for small businesses trying to get back on their feet in the aftermath of the shutdown. The Asian Pacific Islander Small Business Program was specifically formed for Asian Pacific Islanders, who failed to find help because of language barriers. API SBP brings together different business communities to work collaboratively and pool resources. In addition to rent relief, navigating changes to PPP, and finding available grant programs, counselors have recently assisted businesses with social media presence and building websites.

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  • Blazing the trail: How coast slum flattened the curve

    September 04, 2020 |

    Nation Africa |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh

    Although residents in Bangladesh were initially hesitant to take precautionary measures against COVID-19, once one county began reporting cases, the community took swift action. From implementing hand washing stations at the borders of the regions to teaching children and other community members how to make soap and face masks, Bangladesh has not only been able to flatten the curve of coronavirus cases, but has also been able to avoid the typical influx of cholera cases that occur during the rainy season.

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  • Cities are using poop to look for early Covid-19 outbreaks

    September 03, 2020 |

    Quartz |

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    Response Location: United States, Arizona

    Wastewater-based epidemiology is helping scientists and public health experts track the prevalence of coronavirus in communities. Although this practice can be complicated by the size of cities and lacks a standardized testing protocol, it has already helped identify outbreaks at two universities.

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  • When your dorm room is at the W, student housing offers a dose of the high life

    September 03, 2020 |

    The Boston Globe |

    Multi-Media |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, New Jersey

    In order to supplement the limited on-campus housing due to pandemic restrictions, East-Coast universities are opting to rent out floors at hotels for students to stay in. The situation is beneficial not only to colleges and hotels which have seen a decrease in business, but also to students who are experiencing a more luxurious version of dorm-life.

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  • Telemedicine and Montana's digital divide

    September 03, 2020 |

    Montana Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Orlando, Florida

    What started as a small group of young adults wanting to help their aging parents navigate telehealth during the coronavirus pandemic, is now a multi-state program that provides devices to seniors and low-income people as a way to close the digital divide. The group has grown to over 300 volunteers and partners with local health care providers, who in turn help their patients set up their new devices provided by the organization.

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  • How New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo failed, then succeeded, on Covid-19

    September 02, 2020 |

    Vox |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York

    Although public health experts agree that New York was initially slow to implement protocols to protect citizens from COVID-19, they also agree that the state was able to gain control over the virus due to the actions the governor and the public eventually took. Protocols that have proved successful for the state include a mask mandate, a stay-at-home order and a delay in reopeneing businesses despite a decrease in cases.

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  • The Warsaw Ghetto Can Teach The World How To Beat Back An Outbreak

    September 02, 2020 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: Poland, Warsaw

    In the 1940s, typhus spread throughout the community living within the Warsaw ghetto, but cases dramatically decreased in the winter of 1941. While some researchers remain unsure why, others point towards a change in behavior that included increasing hygiene and nutrition practices and introducing social distancing.

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