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  • West Virginia has a simple system that avoids wasting vaccine doses

    January 28, 2021 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, West Virginia

    West Virginia has implemented a digital platform that allows residents to sign up for notifications if leftover doses of the COVID-19 vaccine are available for use near them. Although the system is only accessible to those with internet, it has resulted in far fewer people phoning the hotline, which in turn has allowed for greater ease for those without internet access to sign up for appointments.

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

    January 27, 2021 |

    The Devil Strip |

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    Response Location: United States, Akron, Ohio

    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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  • These Doctors Are Using AI to Screen for Breast Cancer

    January 27, 2021 |

    Wired |

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    Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

    With many women skipping routine mammograms due to COVID-19 restrictions, doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital are using an artificial intelligence algorithm to identify those at risk for developing breast cancer. The approach has proved successful in multiple instances, with those flagged by the algorithm three times as likely to develop cancer. “What the AI tools are doing is they're extracting information that my eye and my brain can't,” a doctor using the tool explained.

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  • Facing eviction, residents struggle to find help

    January 26, 2021 |

    The Land |

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    Response Location: United States, Slavic Village, Ohio

    The Slavic Village Development, a non-profit community development agency, is helping to connect residents who are facing eviction during the coronavirus pandemic with financial assistance. The organization provides funds to those who don't qualify for CARES act funds and works to eliminate other barriers for low-income residents – such as paperwork requirements and housing inspection.

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  • How the CARES Act Forgot America's Most Vulnerable Hospitals

    January 26, 2021 |

    ProPublica |

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    Response Location: United States

    The CARES Act was meant to help small businesses, including hospitals, find financial stability during the coronavirus pandemic, but confusing guidelines and a lack of oversight have impeded the success. This reality has been especially difficult for rural hospitals, some of which "have left millions in relief aid untouched, spiraling deeper into debt for fear that the wrong decision could force them to return money."

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

    January 26, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    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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  • A rural county in Washington state hasn't wasted a single Covid-19 vaccine dose. Here's its secret

    January 25, 2021 |

    CNN |

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    Response Location: United States, Kittitas County, Washington

    Kittitas County is leading the way in Washington state in efforts to distribute the coronavirus vaccine thanks to having a strong disaster management system in place. The county is accustomed to responding to disasters, such as wildfires, and tapped the deputy fire chief of Kittitas Valley Fire and Rescue to lead the incident response team. He explains, "The infrastructure that we have with everybody communicating, everybody willing to be flexible and play whatever role's necessary and an understanding of (incident command system) and emergency operation centers gives us the framework to do it."

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

    January 25, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    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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  • Drive-thru vaccinators in state getting creative

    January 25, 2021 |

    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette |

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    Response Location: United States, England, Arkansas

    While drive-thru testing sites became fairly commonplace during the coronavirus pandemic, a local pharmacy in a small town on the Arkansas Grand Prairie has now converted a church into coronavirus vaccination drive-thru clinic. The site is able to vaccinate up to 70 people per day, and residents say that it's not only easier to be able to stay in their car, but that they appreciate getting the shot from a pharmacy that has already earned their trust.

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  • How West Virginia Became a U.S. Leader in Vaccine Rollout

    January 24, 2021 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, West Virginia

    Prior to the COVID-19 vaccinations being rolled out to states, West Virginia preemptively opted out of the federal distribution plan that relied on CVS and Walgreens and instead partnered local pharmacies with long-term care facilities to vaccinate residents. The state's control over distribution has been extremely successful when compared to that of all other states; however, West Virginia officials are now reporting that their rate of vaccination is so efficient that it is outpacing their supply.

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