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  • How New York's Vaccine Program Missed Black and Hispanic Residents

    New York’s vaccination effort has largely left out Black and Latino people due at least in part to the decision to use an online-based system for booking appointments. With the data to back this observation up, the government is actively working to increase vaccination rates within these communities by making changes including setting aside vaccine appointments in 33 high-risk areas.

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  • El camino por delante

    Costa Rica logró mejorar las condiciones sanitarias y monitoreo de bienestar de migrantes de Nicaragua y Panamá que vienen al país para la cosecha del café. Se logró mediante la implementación interinstitucional de una tarjeta binacional de migración durante la pandemia causada por el COVID-19.

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  • How West Virginia became the nation's leader in COVID-19 vaccine distribution

    West Virginia relied on strategic partnerships, collaboration, and efficient use of medicine to successfully outpace every other state in the U.S. in COVID-19 vaccine distribution. Rather than turning to nationally-run chain pharmacies to disseminate the vaccine, the state partnered with local pharmacies to better reach long-term care facilities and collaborated with the West Virginia National Guard to overcome logistical barriers.

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  • ‘You are not alone': How the Akron-Canton Foodbank is tackling food insecurity during COVID-19

    Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank battled food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic by distributing groceries directly to consumers rather than its previous role of supplying other charities. Ohio National Guard members helped distribute food using a contactless pickup line where they put bags of food in the trunks of cars. Hundreds, sometimes over 1,000 cars were served a day.

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  • How Promotoras De Salud Are Fighting Vaccine Conspiracies In Chicago's Latino Communities

    Promotoras de salud, also known as community health workers, are helping to connect Latino immigrants with reliable and factual information about COVID-19. Using a peer-to-peer outreach model, a team of seven promotoras de salud from Centro San Bonifacio have "interacted with more than 4,000 Spanish speakers in Chicago."

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  • Handling the herd: how Boston built its massive covid testing apparatus

    Using data to determine which neighborhoods would likely be disproportionately at risk for COVID-19, the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center has been moving their pop-up testing site to a new area every two weeks and has been able to conduct nearly 5,000 tests per week across the city as a result. Once the vaccine becomes available in the city, officials plan to replicate this testing model.

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  • Pakistan pins big hopes on small dams to help farmers beat drought

    A government scheme in Pakistan involves the construction of water-harvesting dams in areas that experience droughts, which allows farmers in the region to use the irrigation water from the dams for their crops. One farmer is growing onions and wheat and because of the access to water, his income has increased more than 60 percent. There are concerns about how helpful the water from the dams will ultimately be in the arid region, but there are plans to build more dams in the next few years.

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  • A school for the underprivileged at Indian farmers' protest site

    More than 160 children from near the Singhu border in northern India attend Sanjhi Sathh, a makeshift school run by farmers. The school is open on weekdays from 11:30am to 2pm, and helps children keep up with their school lessons by providing a safe space for them to study, as well as actual lessons on topics like English, Hindi, math, science, and art classes.

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  • Edmonton Is Making Its Alleyways a Great Place to Live

    Edmonton, Alberta, is issuing an increasing number of building permits to create more housing options in already developed areas of the city. The Canadian city is squeezing in living spaces above garages, in backyards, and even alleyways to contain urban sprawl despite having the space to build outward. The environmental benefits are coupled with the ease and affordability granted by smaller living spaces.

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  • A Florida Study Showed How to Save Energy at Home. Why Aren't More Cities and States Following Suit?

    A pilot energy retrofit project in Florida has shown that these upgrades for homeowners ultimately saves them money and energy, and can be made accessible to people from all types of socioeconomic backgrounds. This private-public partnership retrofitted 56 single-family homes, some with “shallow” retrofits like LED lightbulbs and smart plugs and some with “phased deep” retrofits like energy-efficient windows and air conditioners. The program showed that all participants saved energy and could be scaled to other states.

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