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  • Nextdoor adds Help Maps and Groups to connect neighbors during the coronavirus outbreak

    March 19, 2020 |

    TechCrunch |

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    Response Location: United States

    Nextdoor, an app that connects neighbors, is helping to coordinate local responses to the coronavirus pandemic. Using newly designed features, users can offer and request help based on location and share information about topics of interest such as child care.

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  • ‘More high-tech than high touch': Youth-serving organizations are getting creative amid pandemic

    March 19, 2020 |

    Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service |

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    Response Location: United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    Milwaukee's nonprofits serving youth are finding new ways to check in and connect with their students as the coronavirus rules out the possibility for in-person afterschool programming. “Social distancing doesn’t mean social disconnection," the director of a community organization said. "We want to encourage youth to stay in touch with each other and with trusted adults."

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  • South Korea's ‘phone booth' coronavirus tests

    March 19, 2020 |

    South China Morning Post |

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    Response Location: South Korea, Seoul

    To prevent the transmission of coronavirus to medical professionals and other patients, a hospital in Seoul has started using a make-shift phone booth approach to administering tests. Within seven minutes, doctors are able to communicate with the patient, conduct the test from within an air-tight booth, and then disinfect the booth, all of which have significantly improved the hospital's efficiency of administering the test.

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  • Farming Insects to Save Lemurs

    March 19, 2020 |

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    Response Location: Madagascar

    In Madagascar, insect researchers, regional conservationists, and humanitarian organizations have teamed up to promote the farming of crickets as a way to help preserve forests, save animals, and fight malnutrition. Although the pilot project is still fairly new, it has been well-received my communities and studies have already shown that consuming cricket powder has substantial benefits for children who are underweight.

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  • Inside the South Korean Labs Churning Out Coronavirus Tests

    March 19, 2020 |

    Wall Street Journal |

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    Response Location: South Korea, Seoul

    After witnessing chaos during the MERS outbreak, South Korea immediately began implementing measures to avoid disaster should another public health crisis occur. Now, as the COVID-19 pandemic impacts much of the world, the country has been able to successfully deploy their new and improved emergency response system – which includes letting hospitals and medical professionals play a larger role – and their accelerated approval system, allowing tests to be created at a more efficient pace.

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  • For the rural elderly, it can take a village

    March 19, 2020 |

    The Boulder Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Kalispell, Montana

    Rural communities throughout the United States are experimenting with a Boston-based senior-assistance program that implements a shared-services approach to senior care. Although barriers to creating connectivity in isolated rural regions can be more challenging than in more urbanized cities, rural areas in Colorado and Montana are finding ways to make it work.

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  • You — yes, you — can help AI predict the spread of coronavirus

    March 19, 2020 |

    Vox |

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    Response Location: United States, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently asked Roni Rosenfeld, a professor of computer science who typically uses artificial intelligence to forecast the spread of seasonal influenza, to turn his computing power on the spread of COVID-19. However, Rosenfeld himself was reluctant at first given the lack of data available upon which to base his predictions.

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  • Cincinnati Zoo Offers At Home Safari

    March 19, 2020 |

    Spectrum News 1 Ohio |

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    Response Location: United States, Cincinnati, Ohio

    The Cincinnati Zoo has found a way to connect to their community even after temporarily shutting its doors because of COVID19. Using Facebook Live, the zoo hosts daily videos showcasing different animals and educational programming about them. Their first video reached over 4 million views and has shown to be a way to engage their members, even from afar.

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  • How China and South Korea's battle with coronavirus offers glimmer of hope

    March 19, 2020 |

    My London |

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    Response Location: Taiwan

    While some places such as the United Kingdom and London struggle to slow the spread of coronavirus, other countries such as China, South Korea, and Taiwan, have managed to contain the virus through fast-acting government regulations. Although each country's strategy looks different – China enacted a strict lock-down, while South Korea implemented widespread testing – they all acted rapidly to intervene.

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  • Saving a city millions of gallons of water – one tap at a time

    March 19, 2020 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: India, Kolkata

    As part of the Fix for Life campaign, members of Active Citizens Together for Sustainability (ACTS) have been working with plumbers to install taps on the free water pipes across Kolkata. Without taps, a significant amount of water goes to waste, and this is the problem that ACTS is trying to fix. The group, informed by locals who submit locations of pipes that need attention, are on their way to their goal of fixing 1,500 pipes.

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