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Public health workers innovate around social distancing guidelines

Jessica Kutz

April 09, 2020 |

High Country News |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

A fleet of mobile health units across the nation have been helping low-income and immigrant communities to access public health care resources, but during the coronavirus pandemic, the focus has shifted to providing relevant safety information. Leveraging the trust that has been developed over time, public health care workers are utilizing social media to distribute information and resources until they can until they can begin "delivering medications in partnership with Federally Qualified Health Centers, a safety net for uninsured and undocumented people."

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How these immigrants are giving back to their new community

Kristi Eaton

April 09, 2020 |

Shareable |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Tulsa, Oklahoma

A nonprofit in Tulsa that used to teach immigrant and refugee women sewing skills as a means of income has pivoted to producing masks for the community instead. Even after the quarantine was imposed, the women who had a sewing machine at home coordinated a system with each other to drop off supplies and pick up masks, including creating a Whatsapp group for sewing questions. The process hasn't been perfect yet, and they are still working out the kinks, but voices in the organization describe the impact of being able to give back to one's community.

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The power of love and a quarantine creates Project 88

Makenzie Whittle

April 09, 2020 |

The Bulletin |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Bend, Oregon

To address the boredom and isolation that many artists are feeling during the coronavirus pandemic, a local independent filmmaker in Oregon created a film project to act as a creative outlet that attracted contributions from more than 300 people across the world. The project – “Project 88: Back to the Future Too” – invited people to recreate one of 88 scenes from the popular franchise film, which filmmaker Taylor Morden then stitched together into the final movie and released online.

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Symptom-trackers and doctor dorms: how universities are fighting Covid-19

Rachel Hall

April 09, 2020 |

The Guardian |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United Kingdom, Cambridge

In the UK, universities are playing a role in containing the coronavirus and helping communities cope by creating innovative solutions and using of technology to expand access. From converting shipping containers into vertical farms that provide food to those experiencing homelessness to teaching businesses how to move their work online, "universities are using their research and resources to improve people’s lives."

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Sweden's government has tried a risky coronavirus strategy. It could backfire.

Alex Ward

April 09, 2020 |

Vox |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Sweden

Where government restrictions are lax, residents adopt social distancing measures voluntarily to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. In Sweden, the trust between much of the country’s population and a public health system disinclined to advise for long-term shutdowns at the national level has left residents and businesses to enact social distancing and sheltering measures more gradually. In the long-term, there appears to be a relationship between Sweden’s relatively higher caseload and voluntary containment policies when compared to its neighbors.

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Glendale Community College's mobile food pantry meets a rising wave of need during pandemic

Vera Castaneda

April 09, 2020 |

Glendale News-Press |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Glendale, California

California’s Glendale Community College normally operates a food pantry, called Food for Thought Pantry, for its students. Forced to close to slow the spread of COVID-19, it partnered with the Los Angeles Food Bank and the Glendale Community College charitable foundation to create a mobile food pantry for students and their families. Collecting food from farmers, wholesalers, grocers, growers, and distributors, they served a line of over 1,000 vehicles in April.

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Operation Food Bank Feeds 390 Families

Sam Gurwitt

April 09, 2020 |

New Haven Independent |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New Haven, Connecticut

Due to COVID-19, the Connecticut Food Bank has not been able to staff their food pantry distributors and thus drop off food with no distribution help. The town of Hamden whipped up an army of volunteers in response to make sure that no families went without food during this trying times. Demand was so great that unfortunately, after distributing food to 357 cars, they had to turn away another 400 cars. Volunteers are dedicated to continuing this new makeshift food pantry every few weeks until supplies run out.

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Competing Hospitals Cooperate to Meet the Crisis

Christine Vestal Michael Ollove

April 08, 2020 |

Stateline |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

Across the U.S. many state hospitals and forming partnerships with each other and hospitals in other states to better address the coronavirus pandemic. Washington's hospital system is emerging as a model for collective cooperation, where all 115 hospitals communicated thoroughly with another to unilaterally suspend nonessential procedures and move all children and young adults out of the main hospitals to pediatric facilities.

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RVs for MDs: Matching RVs with Medical Professionals Battling COVID-19

Matthew Silverman

April 08, 2020 |

Temple Update |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Texas

ER doctors and other hospital staff who need to isolate themselves from their families can use a camper or mobile home to create a safe distance. The Facebook match-making group, RVs for MDs To Fight the Coronavirus, has connected hundreds of camper and RV owners to healthcare workers in need of extra living space. The network has grown to include thousands of members willing to offer the use of their campers free of charge.

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University of Washington computer game helps crowdsource possible coronavirus treatment

Michael Crowe

April 08, 2020 |

KING-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

At the University of Washington, researchers from the school's school of protein design created a computer game that allows users to fold proteins. This game, which is open to anyone, is being used to crowdsource possibilities that could be used to develop antiviral drugs that would work against the novel coronavirus.

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