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  • The world has shown it's possible to avert Covid-caused election meltdowns. But the U.S. is unique.

    August 06, 2020 |

    Politico |

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    Response Location: United States

    Several countries successfully held elections during the Covid-19 pandemic and can offer insights for how the U.S. can hold a safe presidential election. These include providing more funding for additional polling places and poll workers, expanding ways for people to vote so that it is easier, requiring protective equipment and social distancing at the polls, allowing officials to process mail-in ballots before election day, and informing the public about any changes to contradict misinformation campaigns. It could be harder in the U.S. due to its size and the complexity of electoral laws across the states.

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  • Como a UFPel realizou a maior pesquisa sobre a Covid-19 no mundo

    August 05, 2020 |

    Matinal |

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    Response Location: Brazil

    A reportagem mostra uma grande pesquisa sobre Covid-19 realizada pela Universidade Federal de Pelotas no Brasil. Os primeiros resultados estimularam governantes a pensarem em levantamentos mais aprofundados e regionais.

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  • Locals, who know Sunnydale's housing projects well, flattened a COVID-19 outbreak

    August 05, 2020 |

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    Response Location: United States, Sunnydale, California

    Community leaders in Sunnydale, CA contained a coronavirus scare through swift responses, appeals to the community, contact tracing and establishing neighborhood test sites. An emphasis on public education in the neighborhood was also essential to the efforts. The hyperlocal response, which was unique to the community and catered to its needs, was lauded by health workers.

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  • Dartmouth Is the Blueprint for NFL Success in 2020. Yes, Dartmouth.

    August 05, 2020 |

    Wall Street Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Hanover, New Hampshire

    Dartmouth College's football team reduced injuries and began winning more games after the coaching staff implemented non-contact tactics into practices, such as using robotic tackling dummies in place of the players themselves. The practice was already gaining recognition from other schools, but amid the coronavirus, the NFL is now trying out similar protocols too.

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  • How to save a life: Easing grief from inside COVID ICUs

    August 03, 2020 |

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    Response Location: South Africa, Cape Town

    To combat the grief, trauma, and frustration caused by COVID-19 hospitalizations where families are cut off from loved ones and from most information about their care and condition, the staff at Vincent Pallotti Hospital created a new way of capturing doctors' updates on patients that improved the flow of information. Instead of recording their observations and treatments on paper charts, doctors enter the information on an online system. Volunteer counselors with access to that information then update families daily, relieving some stress and bringing solace to families and patients alike.

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  • Alleviating anxiety via internet

    August 03, 2020 |

    Montana Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Sweet Grass County, Montana

    A partnership between Montana State University and Seattle-based Waypoint Health Innovations is helping bring virtual mental health services to rural communities in Montana. Although the program has only been in research stages thus far, the positive effects already documented has led the program to be ushered into "widespread implementation" amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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  • Some hospitals are tracking Covid-19 by adding sensors to employees' badges

    August 02, 2020 |

    CNBC |

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    Response Location: United States, Illinois

    SwipeSense is a monitoring technology adapted to track people’s movements as a form of contact tracing for Covid-19 in hospitals. Staff wear the device while at work, which uses sensors and location beacons to track movements, and when a positive Covid-19 test arises the hospital can quickly identify and quarantine those exposed to limit further spread. After adopting the device, and combined with other sanitation strategies, an Illinois hospital's staff infection rate dropped from 17% in March to less than 1% in June. Some have expressed privacy and security concerns with monitoring people’s movements.

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  • Virus hunters: Contact tracing slows spread through painstaking investigation

    July 29, 2020 |

    Jackson Hole News & Guide |

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    Response Location: United States, Teton County, Wyoming

    Contact tracing has helped identify hundreds potential cases of Covid-19 in Teton County, Wyoming. Conducted by the county's health department, the process works much like it does for other communicable diseases, such as measles. According to the data collected from the efforts, 60% of those who have been contacted as being in contact with the coronavirus have tested positive for the virus themselves.

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  • Meeting the Mental Health Need

    July 28, 2020 |

    Tradeoffs |

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    Response Location: United States, Tennessee

    Mental and physical health are often intertwined, so why shouldn't the same be true for their care providers? Cherokee Health Systems in eastern Tennessee pioneered integrated care, putting behavioral health and mental health professionals on the fast-paced front lines of primary medical care, making mental health care more accessible. While the two professions are often housed together, true integration – the practice that has solid evidence of its effectiveness – is still fairly rare. But helping people with dual problems, in one sitting, can make people healthier in mind and body.

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  • Need a physical exam? How about registering to vote while you're at it? Milwaukee clinics join program to boost voting

    July 27, 2020 |

    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |

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    Response Location: United States, Wisconsin

    The VotER initiative registers voters while they wait at 75 hospitals and community health centers across the country. The founders feel that voting will help their patients because there are social and political issues that impact health. VotER has hospital posters and doctor badges with QR codes that take patients to a voter registration portal. There are also iPad kiosks in waiting rooms for patients to register, and some clinics send out text messages with voter information and election reminders. The team has registered 800 new voters and helped about 280 people request absentee ballots.

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