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  • Nurse training program bolsters St. John's ranks ahead of potential surge

    Teton County’s St. John’s Health medical center worked proactively to make sure they had the resilience needed in staffing to accommodate a potential surge in COVID-19 patients. Working quickly, they identified current nursing staff that had critical care backgrounds, developed an online training program, and within weeks had nearly doubled the number of staff needed if an outbreak hit the area.

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  • Poop may tell us when the coronavirus lockdown will end

    Researchers and public health experts across the world are turning to "wastewater-based-epidemiology" as a practice that could help trace and track the spread of COVID-19. This methodology has already proved successful in helping mitigate diseases such as polio in Israel and track the usage of illicit drugs in Australia. Most recently, in both France and the Netherlands, early sewage samples have revealed useful data about the coronavirus outbreak.

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  • Germany avoids the worst of coronavirus crisis — but how?

    Germany has emerged during the coronavirus pandemic as a country that has successfully been able to avoid the worst-case scenario, unlike many other countries still battling the virus. Although the country hasn't escaped unscathed, the country's accessible and reliable health care system and a public trust in government officials both helped form the country's successful response to the outbreak.

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  • Lowering costs, improving lives, even during a pandemic Audio icon

    A new initiative at St. John’s Health in Wyoming aimed at bettering people's health while saving the hospital money by combining wellness services with behavioral programs has shown promise but was put on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic. Instead of pausing the program in entirety, however, program administrators have instead adapted it for St. John's employees as a means of keeping staff healthy.

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  • Prenatal Care May Look Very Different After Coronavirus

    Much of prenatal care has moved to online video conferencing and doctor guided at-home self-monitoring during the coronavirus pandemic but some of these solutions may last long after the pandemic passes due to the positive impact they're having. Although these changes do have limitations and cannot replace doctor visits entirely, for some, the addition of telemedicine has acted as both a time saver and eliminated barriers such as lack of transportation.

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  • Nueva Zelanda dice que ha “eliminado” el virus. Así es como lo logró

    Nueva Zelanda oficialmente 'eliminó' el nuevo coronavirus del país mediante la implementación de una serie de medidas que este artículo enumera y menciona. La aplicación de medidas de confinamiento rápidas y ágiles y hacerle pruebas COVID-19 a un gran porcentaje de su población fue clave.

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  • Der Alltag geht weiter: Was Taiwan gerade richtig macht

    Taiwan war gut auf die Corona-Krise vorbereitet und konnte effektiv reagieren, weil die Regierung aus dem Sars-Ausbruch 2003 gelernt hat. Wohl noch wichtiger ist aber, dass die taiwanesische Gesellschaft stark auf gegenseitigem Respekt und Zusammenarbeit beruht und das Vertrauen in die Regierung – zumindest in Bezug auf den Umgang mit dem Virus – sehr groß ist.

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  • Philly garden activists are shipping millions of seeds to a nation fretting over food access during coronavirus pandemic

    Across Philadelphia, people are turning to seeds to source their food instead of grocery stores and supply chains, which have been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Philadelphia is home to the Cooperative Gardens Commission, helping people across the United States practice safe gardening, providing mentoring for novices, and packaging and sending seedlings. It’s just one of many localized garden initiatives working to make sure their communities and neighbors have fresh, sustainable food.

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  • ‘It's miraculous' — no known coronavirus cases in Acadiana's homeless shelters

    Having learned from failures during the 1980s AIDS epidemic, an outreach center in Louisiana was uniquely prepared to take preventative measures as the coronavirus outbreak spread, and so far, the efforts have worked. Not one case has been reported as of yet at Acadiana CARES, and many are crediting that to the rapid intervention strategies that included strict adherence to social distancing and isolating anyone who had underlying conditions or was considered vulnerable.

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  • COVID19: In Uganda, volunteers on bicycles are filling the gaps to deliver HIV drugs

    Strict social distancing and stay-at-home orders – including the suspension of public transportation – in Uganda during the coronavirus pandemic have made if difficult for those who need anti-retroviral (ARVs) drugs to regularly access the medications. Volunteers, however, are filling the gap by creating a detailed delivery strategy and then delivering the medications to their fellow community members by bicycle.

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