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  • Appalachian Students Displaced by Outbreak Get a Lifeline

    March 23, 2020 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Berea, Kentucky

    As colleges and universities across the United States have shifted to online classes and shut down their campuses, not every student simply has the ability to move home. To help support these students, many of whom are low-income or international, the Stay Together Appalachian Youth Project began working with local communities to find housing for displaced students, as well as to provide other support like money or supplies.

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  • For artists, the show must go on—and Zoom is their venue

    March 23, 2020 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Hosting business meetings over Zoom is nothing new during the coronavirus pandemic, but performing artists are also using the platform and adapting their work to the videoconferencing software. After initial performances were a success, an LA theater company called Theater Unleashed began experimenting with the platform and created a Facebook group for U.S. playwrights and actors who wish to participate. An Atlanta organization called Center for Puppetry Arts started hosting Zoom puppet shows. It isn't a seamless transition, but it is inviting creative adaption from creatives all across the country.

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  • What Singapore can teach the U.S. about responding to Covid-19

    March 23, 2020 |

    STAT |

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    Response Location: Singapore, Singapore

    When Singapore detected its first cases of COVID-19 in early February, the country topped world lists in terms of confirmed infections. But unlike other countries, Singapore never experienced an exponential increase in cases, thanks to extensive governmental preparation, widespread testing and case reporting, mandatory social distancing, and strong public health communications.

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  • Hand Sanitizer Mini-Factories Popping Up Around Bay Area

    March 23, 2020 |

    San Francisco Public Press |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    In the Bay Area of California, organizations are repurposing their work and personal spaces to act as DIY pop-up hand sanitizer factories during the coronavirus pandemic. From donating the product to homeless shelters to installing hand washing stations and hand sanitizer dispensers throughout cities, community members are taking an active role in trying to help contain the virus.

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  • Cuyahoga County ‘disease detectives,' CWRU medical students track coronavirus in one of Ohio's hotspots

    March 22, 2020 |

    Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Cuyahoga County enlists medical students and residents to help the overwhelmed city health staff tackle the coronavirus chaos. Among other administrative tasks, students interview patients who have tested positive for coronavirus, noting their symptoms and underlying health issues to provide data and patterns to county health officials.

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  • Obyčejná rouška

    March 22, 2020 |

    Respekt |

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    Response Location: Czech Republic

    Českou republiku v začátcích pandemie koronaviru sužoval nedostatek zdravotnického materiálu. Chyběly také roušky, které pomáhají omezit přenos nákazy. Švadlena Michaela Moudrá z jihomoravských Hodějic na krizovou situaci zareagovala po svém: začala šít vlasní roušky. Když se k ní začali přidávat další Češi, založila na sociální síti Facebook veřejnou skupinu Česko šije roušky. Ta získala velmi rychle desítky tisíc členů, kteří se nápadem paní Moudré nechali inspirovat.

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  • Philly area mental health professionals offer free therapy for health care workers

    March 22, 2020 |

    WHYY |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    As counseling and therapy sessions increasingly move online in order to comply with national stay-at-home orders during the coronavirus pandemic, a group of mental healthcare professionals in Philadelphia are offering free mini-sessions to medical professionals who are on the frontlines. A number of provisions and protocols have been removed in order to make the transition to telehealth easier, which has helped allow for sessions to be booked and structured more efficiently for both the patient and the doctor.

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  • Online bot created by CDC provides triage for coronavirus testing

    March 22, 2020 |

    KOAT-TV |

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    Response Location: United States

    To reduce the number of people being tested unnecessarily for coronavirus, the CDC has introduced an online bot that helps people determine the severity of their symptoms. Because the United States has a limited supply of tests and medical equipment currently available, the goal of the bot is to prioritize tests for those who need them most.

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  • How South Korea Solved Its Acute Hospital-Bed Shortage

    March 22, 2020 |

    Wall Street Journal |

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    Response Location: South Korea, Daegu

    In order to reduce the mortality rate from the coronavirus pandemic as much as possible, medical centers and the government in South Korea reserved beds only for the most ill, while others were quarantined in supervised dorms. To dictate where and how someone would be treated, they were assigned into a category of asymptomatic, mild, severe, or critical, which helped prioritize those that actually needed hospitalization.

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  • A region in Japan launched its own coronavirus fight. It's now called a ‘model' in local action.

    March 22, 2020 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: Japan, Wakayama

    In Japan, the southwestern region of Kansai is less predicated by government oversight and relies more strongly on independence. In the Wakayama prefecture, that attitude has resulted in the region's leaders implementing an independent approach to battling the coronavirus outbreak. The approach, which utilizes widespread testing and contact tracing, is now being regarded by other regions as a model of success.

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