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  • Coronavirus testing remains a challenge, but UNC could help fill gap

    March 16, 2020 |

    WRAL-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

    Testing for the coronavirus has been limited in much of the United States, but in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, the Clinical Molecular Microbiology Laboratory at the UNC School of Medicine is helping to fill the void. The lab has created their own test, which aims to allow up to 500 patients to be tested per day by eliminating the need to wait for results from an offsite commercial lab.

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  • Healthy Eating Is Key To Well Being. So Why Is Hospital Food Always So Bad?

    March 16, 2020 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Davis, California

    In an attempt to offer healthier meals and reduce stigma around hospital food, hospitals are reinventing their dining services by hiring professional chefs, nutritionists, and dieticians. At the UC Davis Medical Center, this type of approach has already shown success with a growth in consumers, including an influx of locals from the community even coming to eat at the hospital cafe.

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  • How the disease detectives on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic track an outbreak

    March 16, 2020 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States

    The CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service Program trains individuals how to perform contact tracing in order to help slow the spread of infectious diseases. Success from this strategy has been reported in South Korea regarding the coronavirus, and now the U.S. officers are deploying to find out more about "how contagious it is, how it spreads, the severity of the illness, what groups are most likely to be affected."

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  • Why tough times can mean better neighbors

    March 16, 2020 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States

    Across the world, communities are beginning to use a variety of different methodologies to better connect with their neighbors during the coronavirus pandemic. From social media to public Google documents, neighborhoods are working together to combat loneliness during social distancing and help make sure the most vulnerable have the necessities.

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  • Advocacy for LGBTQIA Children, Youth Grows in Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta

    March 16, 2020 |

    Grady Newsource |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

    The Episcopal Church advised Dioceses to be more inclusive of LGBTQIA and differently abled children and youth, particularly in light of the high numbers of LGBTQIA youth suicides. Rather than wait the years it could take for specific how-to guidance, the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta trained 30 volunteers to lead “Safeguarding” sessions where church members hear first hand accounts of the needs and concerns of LGBTQIA and differently abled youth and can form relationships with them and their families. The sessions are booked two months out and all clergy in the Diocese are being required to attend in person.

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  • While other countries lost precious time, Taiwan mobilised to keep COVID-19 at bay

    March 16, 2020 |

    The Sydney Morning Herald |

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    Response Location: Taiwan, Taipei

    In Taiwan, a combination of "early intervention and a well-oiled command structure" have helped to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus. Measures such a public health hotline, temperature check points, enhanced hygiene protocols, integrated databases, and a diversion of funds and military personnel towards making protective masks, all worked together to slow the spread and offer lessons to the countries still fighting an increasing caseload.

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  • Warum Südkorea so effektiv gegen das Coronavirus handeln kann

    March 15, 2020 |

    Augsburger Allgemeine |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: South Korea

    Südkorea hat im großen Stil und rasch ein umfangreiches Testsystem zur Erkennung des Virus aufgebaut. In nur 17 Tagen haben die Behörden einen eigenen Virus-Test eingeführt und ein Netzwerk aus insgesamt 96 Laboren ins Laufen gebracht. Die Infektionszahlen sind rückläufig.

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  • 횟집서도 '드라이브스루' 판매 등장…상인들 궁여지책

    March 15, 2020 |

    JTBC 뉴스 |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: South Korea

    코로나 바이러스로 인해 큰 타격을 입은 대구 및 경북 지역 상인들이 위기 극복을 위한 각종 아이디어를 선보이고 있습니다. 한 횟집에서는 '드라이브스루' 판매법을 도입하는 등 적극적 대책들이 돋보입니다.

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  • Stories of caremongering during the COVID-19 pandemic

    March 15, 2020 |

    The Globe and Mail |

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    Response Location: Canada

    All across Canada, people are organizing and volunteering en masse to help their neighbors in need. Groups of people and single volunteers alive have been delivering groceries, donating food and money, and running other errands for vulnerable populations.

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  • How South Korea Scaled Coronavirus Testing While the U.S. Fell Dangerously Behind

    March 15, 2020 |

    ProPublica |

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    Response Location: South Korea, Daegu

    South Korea is emerging as a model for many countries battling the spread of coronavirus, thanks to the country's quick response to initiate widespread testing and contact tracing methodology. Having learned from what failed during the outbreak in 2015, the country has been able to keep their death toll under 1 percent, unlike many other countries battling the pandemic.

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