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  • Germany avoids the worst of coronavirus crisis — but how?

    Germany has emerged during the coronavirus pandemic as a country that has successfully been able to avoid the worst-case scenario, unlike many other countries still battling the virus. Although the country hasn't escaped unscathed, the country's accessible and reliable health care system and a public trust in government officials both helped form the country's successful response to the outbreak.

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  • Lowering costs, improving lives, even during a pandemic Audio icon

    A new initiative at St. John’s Health in Wyoming aimed at bettering people's health while saving the hospital money by combining wellness services with behavioral programs has shown promise but was put on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic. Instead of pausing the program in entirety, however, program administrators have instead adapted it for St. John's employees as a means of keeping staff healthy.

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  • [극복! 코로나] 중국은 이미 '2차 유행 방지' 총력…"4대 전략 주목"

    일상 회복의 움직임을 보이는 중국에서는 2차 유행을 방지하기 위한 노력이 한창입니다. 해외입국자를 통제와 공격적 대규모 검사를 지속하는 한편, 직장과 학교, 대중교통 이용시 마스크 착용을 의무화하고 있습니다.

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  • The Rescue Operation Bridging a Food Access Gap in California

    A Californian "food rescue" nonprofit called White Pony Express is shifting their usual processes to alleviate food insecurity to accomodate the change that COVID-19 has brought to their distribution systems. The group is partnering with the Palabra de Dios Community Church to distribute boxes of fresh groceries to families who need it. The work is run by volunteers—members of the community who want to pitch in during the crisis to help their neighbors.

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  • Microbe Mappers Are Tracking Covid-19's Invisible Traces

    Scientists have been mapping microbes in public places for a long time and are now tracking Covid-19 by swabbing subways, park benches, ATMs, and even the air, for traces of genetic material to better understand the virus’ transmission dynamics and detect hotspots before transmission becomes widespread. Molecular monitoring has identified how long the virus can live on different surfaces and the origin of different strains, which can flag sanitation priorities and help contact tracers. There are limits to what it can reveal because finding virus on surfaces does not always lead to definite infection.

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  • Nurse training program bolsters St. John's ranks ahead of potential surge

    Teton County’s St. John’s Health medical center worked proactively to make sure they had the resilience needed in staffing to accommodate a potential surge in COVID-19 patients. Working quickly, they identified current nursing staff that had critical care backgrounds, developed an online training program, and within weeks had nearly doubled the number of staff needed if an outbreak hit the area.

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  • How Tennessee Is Getting Adult Students Back to School

    Tennessee Reconnect, which started as a small-scale "mentorship and financial support program", has now been adopted and expanded throughout the state as a way to help adults start or continue higher education. Now in its second year, the program matches applicants with "navigators," adult mentors who understand the specific student's financial and social challenges and helps them navigate the process every step of the way. The program also provides funding to students to pay for coursework and is now looking to expand its operations to jails and prisons.

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  • Banking on community, local lenders secure PPP loans for businesses

    Community banks in Wyoming were able to better serve local businesses in securing federal funds from the Paycheck Protection Program. The smaller banks were able to quickly pivot their staffing and operations need to process the overwhelming number of applicants, resulting in an approval rate of 100 percent in some counties. Personal connections in the smaller communities also led banks to work overtime and do everything in their power to help local businesses, in contrast to big banks which appeared to prioritize clients with higher net worth, according to reports.

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  • 코로나19 100일…생활방역 준비 ‘착착'

    신종 코로나 바이러스로 가장 큰 타격을 입은 지역 중 한 곳인 대구에서도 생활방역을 정착시키기 위해 시민들이 팔을 걷어붙이고 나섰습니다. 정부의 5대 생활방역 수칙을 변형, 대구만의 "7대 수칙"도 발표됐습니다.

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  • Poop may tell us when the coronavirus lockdown will end

    Researchers and public health experts across the world are turning to "wastewater-based-epidemiology" as a practice that could help trace and track the spread of COVID-19. This methodology has already proved successful in helping mitigate diseases such as polio in Israel and track the usage of illicit drugs in Australia. Most recently, in both France and the Netherlands, early sewage samples have revealed useful data about the coronavirus outbreak.

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