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  • How New Zealand went 100 days with no community coronavirus transmission

    August 10, 2020 |

    CNN |

    Multi-Media |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: New Zealand

    New Zealand went 100 days without a single new case of Covid-19 after implementing strict restrictions which included "no takeaways, no beaches, and no driving outside of your neighborhood." Because of the government's quick action, the county remained in lockdown for only seven weeks. The government is now keeping focus on elimination rather than eradication as it is expected that the virus could resurface.

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  • ‘It's your baby, and it's, like, wow': 3-D images from ultrasounds allow blind parents to feel their infant's face

    August 09, 2020 |

    The Washington Post |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    3D ultrasound print outs help doctors perform non-invasive surgery in utero and provide blind parents with images during pregnancy. Doctors at Johns Hopkins hospital first used 3D models to improve surgery for spina bifida in utero. By placing one inside a soccer ball doctors can practice ahead of time for a less invasive procedure. A sonographer at the hospital expanded the approach to create 3D ultrasound models for patients who are blind. Some caution that ultrasounds are just diagnostic tools, but providing a picture of their ultrasound to someone who cannot see it in the traditional sense is powerful.

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  • How San Francisco succeeded more than other U.S. cities in fighting the coronavirus

    August 08, 2020 |

    CNBC |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    San Francisco has reported thousands of cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, but public health experts believe it could have been far worse had the city not implemented early protocols and procedures. An early adoption of mask wearing and remote working as well as ceding communications and guidance to scientists helped keep the hospitals below their maximum capacity and avoid overburdening available resources.

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  • Homeownership for Black families in Milwaukee is worse now than 50 years ago. Could a regional approach to affordable housing help?

    August 07, 2020 |

    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |

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    Response Location: United States, Milwaukee, Minnesota

    The Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity provides a comprehensive approach to providing affordable housing in seven counties across Minneapolis and St.Paul. The large area it serves allows families to move into either urban or suburban neighborhoods near schools of their choosing and with greater flexibility to take public transportation, jobs, and extracurricular activities into consideration. Milwaukee's uncoordinated efforts to improve housing for low-income families could benefit from a similar approach.

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  • Could Mecklenburg County learn from a New Jersey city's contact tracing success?

    August 07, 2020 |

    WCNC-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Paterson, New Jersey

    Paterson, NJ became a national leader using contact tracing to slow the spread of COVID-19. Health department employees persistently and “aggressively” tracked down as many people as possible who were potentially exposed to the coronavirus. To reach those who hung up on contact tracers or wouldn’t return calls, the health department coordinated with community police officers who left letters at their homes or workplaces urging them to return calls and take precautions. The program is credited with significantly reducing the virus’ spread and is seen as a model for other locations to achieve success.

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  • Arizona was a Covid-19 hot spot a month ago. Here's how it's turning things around

    August 06, 2020 |

    CNN |

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    Response Location: United States, Arizona

    In May, Arizona began removing coronavirus restrictions after seemingly containing the spread of the virus, but by June, the state's caseload was in a drastic incline. Learning from the mistake of reopening too soon, officials paused the reopening and reimposed measures such as mask wearing and business closures. Since then, the caseload has decreased significantly and earned praise from White House officials.

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  • Welcome Back to Germany. Now Take Your Free Virus Test.

    August 05, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Germany

    Since the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, Germany emerged as "one of the highest testers per capita in the world," due to decentralizing the creation and distribution of testing kits, requiring that tests be fully covered by insurance, and prioritizing the processing of coronavirus tests above all other lab work. Combined with other efforts – such as mandatory quarantine protocols, contact tracing, and new testing stations for travelers – the country has been able to better prepare for a second wave of cases while also recording fewer deaths than other countries.

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  • Locals, who know Sunnydale's housing projects well, flattened a COVID-19 outbreak

    August 05, 2020 |

    Mission Local |

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    Response Location: United States, Sunnydale, California

    Community leaders in Sunnydale, CA contained a coronavirus scare through swift responses, appeals to the community, contact tracing and establishing neighborhood test sites. An emphasis on public education in the neighborhood was also essential to the efforts. The hyperlocal response, which was unique to the community and catered to its needs, was lauded by health workers.

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  • The ‘solar canals' making smart use of India's space

    August 03, 2020 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: India, Gujarat

    Covering canals with solar panels has allowed Indian communities to save land, water and carbon emissions, and even bring electricity to rural villages. The solar panels are suspended on metal structures over the canal, which can generate electricity for farmers and be fed into the state grid or sold to public utilities. While these canal-top solar power plants can be expensive to build, so far, eight Indian states have commissioned canal solar projects.

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  • The growing global movement to end outdoor advertising

    August 03, 2020 |

    Equal Times |

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    Response Location: France

    There are 29 Resistance to Advertising Aggression (RAP) groups working in France to ban outdoor advertising such as billboards. The groups worked with the mayor in the city of Grenoble to cancel a contract for 326 outdoor ads. While not all contracts can be changed, RAPs are particularly focused on stopping digital signs because the energy required to run them is harmful to the environment. Groups in the United Kingdom, São Paulo, New Delhi, and Tehran have won campaigns to remove billboards and other outdoor ads, which research shows reinforce sexist and capitalist ideologies.

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