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  • California readies army of coronavirus detectives Audio icon

    May 05, 2020 |

    CalMatters |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    California state government is pivoting to a tactic that will allow for state employees to be reassigned and retrained to help efforts towards implementing contact tracing. Only one-third of the state's local health departments are performing contact tracing in some capacity, but the new training – designed in partnership between the government and two universities – will help the state reach the necessary increase required to assess the pandemic.

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  • How to play live pro sports in a pandemic? Taiwan, South Korea offer lessons

    May 05, 2020 |

    Fortune |

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    Response Location: Taiwan

    Around the world, sporting leagues have had to cancel or postpone their games as a response to COVID-19, but in select countries, they’re showing the world how to – safely – resume games. Taiwan’s basketball and baseball leagues and South Korea’s baseball and soccer leagues have started playing again. They’ve put into place measures like banning all fans from in-person viewing and taking regular temperature checks for players and coaches. While being careful, the physical nature of sports still presents challenges.

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  • COVID-19 Accelerated This West Virginia Community's Efforts to End Homelessness

    May 05, 2020 |

    100 Days in Appalachia |

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    Response Location: United States, Clarksburg, West Virginia

    West Virginians from Clarksburg mobilized to tackle the issue of homelessness once the pandemic highlighted the vulnerability faced by the homeless who could not shelter in place. Advocates came together to get people off the streets and into motel rooms paid for by nonprofits and organized by local government. The city looked 40 miles away, to the achievements of Morgantown, which was able to bring together different sectors to keep people off the streets. Immediate goals of keeping people safe from the virus are part of a long-term plan to create housing and provide mental and physical health services.

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  • Emptier Jails Could Stay That Way

    May 04, 2020 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Cleveland’s city jail has released close to 900 inmates in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in its overcrowded facilities. And the response isn’t unique – New York, LA, Detroit, Chicago, New Orleans, and Houston are just a few of the other cities that have taken similar measures. While an immediate response to the pandemic, advocates say the release of low-level offenders could bode well for larger prison reforms that have been slowly taking hold.

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  • A volunteer army has answered Colorado's need for masks. Denver's jails are one recent beneficiary.

    May 04, 2020 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    Across Colorado, grassroots groups have come together to create homemade masks for the state’s most vulnerable populations to protect against COVID-19. Two of those populations are Denver’s Downtown Detention Center and Denver County Jail. Groups like Dena’s Mask Making Army, the Mask Mavens, and even some AA and sober living communities have rallied together – virtually, of course – to use their sewing skills to fill the mask needs, about 3 masks per person, for those experiencing incarceration.

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  • How Birth Doulas Are Helping Parents Navigate Coronavirus

    May 04, 2020 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States

    With restrictions on visitors in hospitals, expecting mothers are bringing their doulas, via computer, into their delivery rooms. While virtual conversations may not be what new mothers were hoping for, in a strained and on-edge health care system, a voice from the computer can still be a powerful advocate for new mothers, especially African-American mothers who face more bias and obstacles in navigating the health care system.

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  • How a Covid-19 test centre near airport eased burden on hospitals

    May 04, 2020 |

    South China Morning Post |

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    Response Location: Hong Kong

    In Hong Kong, the AsiaWorld-Expo that is near the airport was quickly converted into a triage coronavirus testing center, and played a crucial role in maintaining the local healthcare system. Converted by medical professionals, the facility was able to screen all travelers and give them a directive based on the screening of either quarantining for two weeks or going to the hospital for further supervision.

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  • Coronavirus pushed Seattle to treat homelessness differently. Will those changes last?

    May 03, 2020 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Prompted by the threat of COVID-19, Seattle and King County have rapidly taken steps to protect people experiencing homelessness with responses that activists have long sought. By moving hundreds of people out of crowded shelters into hotels, installing hygiene stations, and suspending the removal of encampments, officials scrambled to prevent the spread of the virus in ways that advocates hope will remain the policy after the crisis has passed. But the crisis has also gutted government budgets, and so permanent solutions may still be elusive.

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  • The man feeding a remote Alaska town with a Costco card and a ship

    May 03, 2020 |

    The Hustle |

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    Response Location: United States, Gustavus, Alaska

    To better meet the demands created by the coronavirus pandemic, a local grocer in a remote town in Alaska is redefiing and reforming how the local supply chain operates. A series of preemptive moves – such as creating partnerships with suppliers and purchasing their own barge – gave the father-and-son grocer team more control over operations and has allowed the store to offer supplies that have been in high demand nationwide.

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  • Mental health care becomes team effort in NH as coronavirus pandemic increases need for working together

    May 03, 2020 |

    Manchester Ink Link |

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    Response Location: United States, Manchester, New Hampshire

    New Hampshire's community mental health centers are working together to deliver both in-person and telehealth services to community members during the coronavirus pandemic. All 10 of the state's centers are "sharing ideas and helping each other with what is working and identifying what isn’t working," while also working to help reduce barriers to health care access for those experiencing homelessness.

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