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  • In remote Kenyan villages, solar startups bring light

    November 22, 2017 |

    PBS NewsHour |

    Broadcast TV Programs |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Kenya, Machakos, Machakos County

    In a small town in Kenya called Machakos, several solar power startups are bringing light and electricity to families who previously went without. Using a pay-as-you-go mobile payment system and a single solar panel, customers receive three light bulbs, a phone charging station, and a radio. This new method is much cleaner and more affordable than the previously-used kerosene and allows people to make a livelihood for themselves even after the sun goes down.

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  • After Flint, Helping Doctors Recognize Chemical Exposure

    November 21, 2017 |

    The New York Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, San Antonio, Texas

    The Flint crisis displayed the deficiency of knowledge by medical doctors to environmental health concerns. In response, the national medical community is bringing more awarenesses and education to current and future doctors about the importance of long-term effects of the environment on health. More research in this area is necessary as well as more classes in medical schools. Universities across the U.S. are now developing such courses to change the future of patient care and crisis prevention.

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  • The Airbnb For Affordable Housing Is Here

    November 21, 2017 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    New app Nesterly seeks to create affordable housing opportunities by pairing elderly residents with rooms to spare in their homes and younger people looking to find an affordable living situation in tightening rental markets. Beyond the app's impact on mitigating the stress of high rent prices for young people, the pairing of young people and elderly people for housing also has potential to help with the country's issue with loneliness.

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  • One woman's simple recipe for a happy street

    November 21, 2017 |

    BBC |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: United Kingdom, Bristol

    In an attempt to fight childhood obesity and social isolation in Bristol, the organization Playing Out is helping kids exercise more. They are creating a way for children to safely be physically active in their neighborhoods by closing off streets at certain times each week. The UK government created a system for streets to apply just one time for weekly events, and now the system has spread to 40 UK local authorities and cities around the world, including Toronto.

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  • Health leaders to offer opioid education to student athletes across Arizona

    November 21, 2017 |

    Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

    Multi-Media |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

    Young athletes are particularly prone to falling into an opioid addiction as they are more likely to be prescribed the drugs in the first place. In Arizona, health professionals are starting to formally educate students on the dangers of opioid misuse and alternative mechanisms students might use to cope with pain or anxiety.

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  • How Do I Protect My Students from Gun Violence?

    November 21, 2017 |

    Bright Magazine |

    Illustrations |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Washington

    Preventing school shootings is difficult, but there are basic strategies that can curtail them and lessen loss of life. Those include limiting school access and making all visitors check in, ensuring intercoms and other technology work, but also working to prevent suicide so someone doesn't engage in a shooting to get themselves killed. Schools also need procedures in place for any crisis to ensure everyone is communicating and coordinating and children are reunited with approved family members.

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  • How one school is rising above gang activity to find college success

    November 21, 2017 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Benito Juarez Community Academy in Chicago was once reputed for gang violence, struggled to support its predominantly minority students, and was had been on academic probation for nearly two decades. A revolutionary approach to academics that uses a skills-based model tailored to the needs of each individual student and emphasizes true mastery of a skill rather than memorization and regurgitation has had remarkable success, bringing Juarez up to among the top 50 schools in the state for graduation rates and test scores and making it a destination school for students of color.

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  • The New Technologies That Could Slow the Slaughter of Sharks

    November 20, 2017 |

    News Deeply |

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    Response Location: United States, Miami, Florida

    Each year millions of sharks are inadvertently slaughtered by long-line fishing gear, and the decimation of top predator populations has detrimental effects on the greater ocean ecosystem. New tracking technology that allows researchers and institutions to follow the movements of sharks and overlay the data with that of commercial fishing boats is proving a promising way to help prevent bycatch as well as illegal fishing, and better protect shark populations.

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  • Women are being failed by medical research—here's how policy can help

    November 20, 2017 |

    Apolitical |

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    Response Location: United States, Bethesda, Maryland

    Medical research studies have failed to address the impact of gender, and some studies even exclude females in “later stage clinical trials.” This discrepancy results from women being underrepresented in the medical science. The Office of Research on Women’s Health has piloted a Policy on Sex as a Biological variable to fund research that is addresses gender differences; the National Institute of Health has initiated a Working Group on Women in Biomedical Careers.

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  • Argentina is using tech to teach its youth about sex, drugs, and violence

    November 20, 2017 |

    Apolitical |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Argentina, Buenos Aires

    Knowledge about sex, drugs and violence is alarmingly low in Argentina and surrounding areas, which has caused the government and other organizations to step in. Hablemos de Todo is an interactive online resource that provides information on a myriad of topics, plus a place for people to anonymously ask experts questions.

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