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  • The College President Who Simply Won't Raise Tuition

    March 05, 2020 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, West Lafayette, Indiana

    Since 2013, Purdue University has frozen its annual tuition at $9,992, a stark contrast to the trend of ballooning costs at most U.S. institutions of higher education. The president has focused on savings generated from "a couple of big things, and lots of little things.” However, some have expressed concern that this model sacrifices too much and has changed the once-collaborative culture of the college.

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  • Why Taiwan Has Just 42 Coronavirus Cases while Neighbors Report Hundreds or Thousands

    March 04, 2020 |

    Voice of America (VOA) |

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    Response Location: Taiwan

    Because of drastic and proactive steps, Taiwan has been able to keep their number of positive COVID19 cases low. Preemptive actions like stopping flights from China and an early stimulus bill has helped the country get ahead of the public health and economic impacts.

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  • When a Medical Diagnosis is Complex, A Navigator Who Looks Like the Patient Can Make All the Difference

    March 04, 2020 |

    100 Days in Appalachia |

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    Response Location: United States, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

    Patient navigation, which uses community members as health care informants, is helping to break down social and cultural barriers to accessing care in a community in North Carolina. The navigators are "population-focused," meaning they work in the communities they are passionate about and can relate to in order "to provide culturally appropriate assistance." Since the implementation of the program, doctors at Wake Forest Baptist Health Comprehensive Cancer Center have reported that more patients are seeking care proactively.

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  • Virus Testing Blitz Appears to Keep Korea Death Rate Low

    March 04, 2020 |

    Bloomberg |

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    Response Location: South Korea, Daegu

    Despite avoiding mass bans on citizen movement, South Korea has managed to mitigate the number of reported cases for coronavirus after implementing broad testing protocols. Having learned what didn't work during a previous outbreak of a respitaroy illness, the country "created a system to allow rapid approval of testing kits for viruses which have the potential to cause pandemics."

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  • Stemming the tide

    March 04, 2020 |

    Explore Big Sky |

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    Response Location: United States, Montana

    As a neurological disorder known as chronic wasting disease spreads among wildlife herds like deer and elk in Montana, the state is trying to increase testing of the fatal disease and understand if it can be transmitted to humans. By learning from the failures in Wyoming, a state agency offered free statewide testing to hunters resulting in new positives in areas that they might have missed, which will help them track how the disease spreads across the landscape.

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  • Is South Korea's approach to containing coronavirus a model for the rest of the world?

    March 03, 2020 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: South Korea, Seoul

    In order to effectively manage the coronavirus outbreak in South Korea, government officials have stepped in by increasing transparency, subsidizing home medical equipment such as face masks, and rapidly distributing testing kits. The efforts have resulted in many more people already being tested than anticipated and behavioral changes taking effect within the population.

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  • South Korea pioneers coronavirus drive-through testing station

    March 03, 2020 |

    CNN |

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    Response Location: South Korea, Goyang

    To limit exposure during coronavirus testing, South Korea began piloting drive-thru test sites that allow those being tested to remain in their cars. The drive-thru, which sends results to the patient via text message three days later, has tested nearly 400 people in one day, helping to ease pressure oncovi other testing sites.

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  • Mexican government's ‘Health Windows' aid U.S. immigrants with preventative care

    March 03, 2020 |

    Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    To better serve Mexican citizens living in the U.S., the Mexican government created an initiative known as Health Windowns that helps bridge the gap between immigrants and preventive health care access. Although anyone is welcome to visit the free resource centers or any of the community pop-ups for medical attention, the program targets those who lack health insurance or are hesitant to receive traditional medical care.

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  • Soccer for All

    March 03, 2020 |

    Santa Fe Reporter |

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    Response Location: United States, Santa Fe, New Mexico

    Low-income families in Sante Fe, New Mexico now have access to a soccer club thanks to a group of parents who took it upon themselves to fundraise and create the opportunity for children who would otherwise not be able to participate in soccer tournaments. Sante Fe United has also partnered with the local school district to create its own soccer field and is also planning on branching out its fundraising efforts.

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  • Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren want a wealth tax. Wealthy Swiss say their model could work for America.

    March 03, 2020 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: Switzerland

    Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren see Switzerland's wealth tax as an inspiration for an equitable model of taxing the rich. America's current model taxes income tax on a sliding scale but rates in the U.S. are low compared to the rest of the world. The biggest obstacle is the negative public perception, even though it would only impact those who make more than $32 million. Experts advising Warren and Sanders say the highest amount of wealth per adult in the world exists in Switzerland, proving that taxing wealth instead of income tax does not negatively impact the ability to accumulate wealth.

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