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  • As the need for masks rises during the pandemic, volunteers work to keep Alaska covered

    April 15, 2020 |

    Anchorage Daily News |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Anchorage, Alaska

    A group of three women Alaskan women banded together on Facebook to rally sewers across the state to sew masks for Alaska's front-line workers during COVID-19. Their Facebook group includes tutorials, outreach, and customer service. They have about 300 volunteers from places all over the state and have filled the requests of 56 different organizations (about 37,668). At least 14 communities across Alaska have benefitted from this. Another response is underway in Anchorage where scientists are experimenting with 3D printing N95 masks.

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  • Pittsburgh nonprofit providing resources, help for African American community amid COVID-19

    April 15, 2020 |

    WPXI-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    In cities across the United States, the coronavirus pandemic is disproportionately impacting communities of color in part due to a lack of information being provided to these areas. A non-profit in Pittsburg is working to close that gap by hosting a weekly virtual townhall that connects the black community with doctors, state lawmakers and health care workers.

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  • Making a difference: Madison makers build safety equipment for frontlines of COVID-19 fight

    April 15, 2020 |

    The Cap Times |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Madison, Wisconsin

    Innovation labs, makerspaces, and fabrication laboratories are just a few of the entities that helping to address the shortage of personal protective equipment in hospitals by creating face shields and masks. In Madison, Wisconsin, the design for a custom-made medical face shield prototype created by Grainger Engineering Design Innovation Lab only uses three materials and has been approved by the university's infection control department. To help others join in efforts, the engineers made the design available online and it has now "been picked up by manufacturers around the world."

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  • Volunteers create world's fastest supercomputer to combat coronavirus

    April 15, 2020 |

    The Guardian |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United Kingdom

    By allowing volunteers to take part in the scientific task of ‘folding proteins’ while they're abiding by lockdown protocols during the coronavirus pandemic, the "world’s fastest traditional supercomputer" has been achieved. The distributed effort which decentralizes who can take part in downloading and running the software necessary, holds potential for helping researchers better understand how the virus binds to a human cell.

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  • South Africa flattens its coronavirus curve—and considers how to ease restrictions

    April 15, 2020 |

    Science Magazine |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: South Africa

    Like countries around the world, South Africa imposed strict social distancing measures to slow the spread of COVID-19. After a few weeks, they’re seeing that slowdown happening and using it to build in additional safety measures, like screening for additional testing, building field hospitals, and sending community health care workers into smaller villages and towns.

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  • South Korea's Coronavirus Test Run: How to Hold an Election

    April 15, 2020 |

    Wall Street Journal |

    Multi-Media |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: South Korea

    Extra sanitation and health screening precautions allowed South Korea to hold a national election during the Covid-19 pandemic. Mandatory face protection, rubber gloves, taking voters’ temperatures, and providing hand sanitizer and new gloves were some of the requirements at polling stations. Candidates also continued to campaign but took precautions such as face masks, gloves, and microphone covers. While the strictest social distancing was not followed, voters express feeling comfortable and officials say South Korea could provide a model to other countries on how to hold an election during the pandemic.

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  • One church's tale of two pandemics, 100 years apart

    April 15, 2020 |

    The GroundTruth Project |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    The quarantines and shelter-in-place orders that many cities in the United States are enacting today to combat the coronavirus pandemic can be compared to similar tactics taken in 1918 to stop the spread of influenza pandemic. However, with modern-day technology, churches in particular are finding that they are better able to safely reach their members through the use of video conferencing rather than door-to-door visits. For a Los Angeles church, this is part of a comprehensive approach that aims to abide by social distancing requirements while still helping those in need.

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  • Drive-through food distribution at SAC draws long lines, thousands of families

    April 15, 2020 |

    el Don |

    Multi-Media |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Santa Ana, California

    Santa Ana College hosted a makeshift food pantry on their campus (organized by Orange County-based nonprofits Power of One Foundation and Official No One Left Behind), distributing a week's worth of food for a family of five to over 4,000 waiting cars. This amount of food is expected to feed about 20,000 people. The college was already aware of food insecurity on campus and was even in the beginning stages of addressing that issue when the pandemic hit. They are now shifting how they can address food insecurity with the influence of COVID-19.

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  • Nevada town lacked coronavirus news. A radio station came to the rescue

    April 14, 2020 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Ely, Nevada

    Local radio station, KDSS-FM in Ely, Nevada is filling information needs with crucial COVID-19 related updates. Located in a region with no local TV station and just a once-a-week newspaper, the daily broadcast, which once was for mostly entertainment purposes, has stepped up to fill the gap. The hosts help find answers to questions from the community and have regular local officials, like the town’s Mayor, on to provide public health and safety updates.

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  • Community Rallies to Feed Athens' Students

    April 14, 2020 |

    Grady Newsource |

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    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

    In Georgia’s Athens-Clarke County, schools and the community have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by setting up a food delivery and pickup program for students and families that experience food insecurity. Busses have been repurposed to deliver fully prepared meals, with the county also offering pick up and drive-thru options as well.

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