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A ‘Pandemic's-worth of Triggers' Are Causing an Increase in Relapses Across the Country. Here's How Appalachians Are Coping.

Fernando Alfonso III

May 14, 2020 |

100 Days in Appalachia |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Kentucky

Stay-at-home orders and social distancing can worsen opioid addiction problems, and so some health providers, social media, and agencies in opioid-heavy Appalachia have devised ways to turn a threat into an opportunity. To counter isolation and denial of in-person counseling, forums on Reddit have thrived as virtual support groups. Video conferencing has proved a boon to telemedicine and counselors, extending the reach of services. Treatment providers and even Kentucky's prisons are distributing medications in novel ways to help people maintain sobriety and avoid overdoses.

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Why does Germany have such a low number of deaths from Covid-19?

Kavita Puri

May 14, 2020 |

BBC |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Germany

Since the COVID-19 pandemic started, Germany has seen some of the lowest death rates in the world. Reasons behind that rate have been attributed to the widespread, accessible testing and subsequent quarantining of individuals who test positive, as well as the country’s health care capacity and infrastructure. While a success story right now, there is worry that the immediate wins may lead to relaxing on protocol and a second wave.

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'How Can I Help You?' Schools Try To Reach Students Struggling With Mental Health During Coronavirus

Carla Javier

May 13, 2020 |

LAist |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

The Los Angeles Unified school district has shifted how it’s helping to support students’ mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. By opening up a mental health hotline, they are able to connect students and their families with members of the Crisis Counseling and Intervention Services Unit to help provide emotional guidance and support. Since opening, they’ve already served over 3,500 individuals and are working to develop plans for long-term support.

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Closed-down Maine schools are still serving students meals

Eesha Pendharkar

May 13, 2020 |

Bangor Daily News |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Maine

The rate of food insecurity has increased during the pandemic, and elementary schools in Maine are doing their part to make sure as many families as possible have access to meals. Some schools have given teachers and staff designated routes to deliver food to door steps, others set up times that parents can drive to the school or designated sites to pick up daily meals and didn't require students picking up food to be enrolled in the district. The goal is to make food as easy to get to for hundreds of students and their families, while keeping everyone safe.

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Amid the Coronavirus Crisis, a Regimen for Reëntry

Atul Gawande

May 13, 2020 |

The New Yorker |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

As the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, attention is starting to shift toward reopening and recovery. Looking to healthcare professionals as models for doing so can help. A five-part strategy, tested and implemented at Boston’s Mass General Brigham hospital, has shown promise in its ability to reduce spread amongst hospital workers. It includes: hand-washing, social distancing, mask-wearing, regular health screenings, and cultural shifts toward working better together as communities. Key to this strategy is employing all of the measures in synchronicity.

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Teletrabajo en barrios populares: una red de escuelas genera empleos digitales en plena cuarentena

Stella Bin

May 13, 2020 |

Red/Acción |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Argentina, Buenos Aires

Una iniciativa digital argentina está formando / educando a adolescentes y adultos jóvenes en una variedad de trabajos digitales durante la crisis de COVID-19. Se centran en jóvenes de barrios desfavorecidos. La mayoría de esta población depende de trabajos informales y vive día a día. Su economía se ve fuertemente afectada por la crisis, pero estos "nuevos" trabajos digitales pueden ser sus soluciones desde casa.

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Nursing homes try to achieve a balance for residents

Roberta Baker

May 12, 2020 |

The Laconia Daily Sun |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Tilton, New Hampshire

In New Hampshire, nursing homes and veteran's homes are turning to online video conferencing and outdoor socially-distanced activities to manage the patients' feelings of isolation during the coronavirus pandemic. Although it does not replace in-person contact, residents have expressed that it has helped and the facilities say that they plan to keep some of the technologies in place post-pandemic so out-of-state family can "visit" more often.

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Amid Covid-19, a Call for M.D.s to Mail the Abortion Pill

Patrick Adams

May 12, 2020 |

The New York Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

Amid the pandemic, medical researchers and an abortion-rights advocacy group in the U.S. are working to make the abortion pill available via mail. Although there is ambiguity surrounding the rules and regulations of how the pill must be distributed to patients, some doctors have helped efforts by agreeing to register with F.D.A.-approved manufacturers and a handful of states are allowing the pill to be mailed after an in-person ultrasound has been conducted.

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How a coastal Louisiana tribe is using generations of resilience to handle the pandemic

Barry Yeoman

May 12, 2020 |

Southerly |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Houma, Louisiana

The Grand Caillou/Dulac Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw has long had a culture of cyclicality which is now coming in handy during the Coronavirus pandemic. Because they assume that hardship will come after periods of abundance, tribal members prepare for times of scarcity by making do with less, strategizing new ways to produce food, and regularly checking in with elders to ensure their needs are met. The tribe also lives on the coast of Louisiana, so climate change and environmental degradation remain an issue that they include in their future-planning.

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The breath of life

Ruth Evans

May 12, 2020 |

BBC |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Uganda

Scientists from Uganda and Australia have worked together to come up with a device that produces oxygen without the use of electricity. Although this solution was originally intended to help address the high rate of children suffering from pneumonia, it is now also relevant for those suffering from respiratory issues due to COVID-19, especially in rural areas.

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