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Medical Students, Sidelined for Now, Find New Ways to Fight Coronavirus

Abby Goodnough Penina Krieger

March 23, 2020 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States

Medical students have found creative ways to pitch in during the Coronavirus pandemic when they are not yet certified to work with patients. Students across the country are organizing to help out by doing things like offering childcare for medical workers and sourcing personal protective equipment from a range of businesses. The students themselves say that they are happy to do "anything we can do to relieve burden on the real heroes.”

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Healthcare industry works to slow spread of COVID-19 in Houston

Matthew Seedorff

March 23, 2020 |

KRIV-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

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Response Location: United States, Houston, Texas

In Houston, hospitals and doctor's offices are changing their protocols for admitting and seeing patients in order to decrease the likelihood of spreading COVID-19. Telehealth practices have increased from 2 percent to 80 percent, and patients are screened for coronavirus symptoms at the entrance of the medical facilities, before they have contact with anyone else.

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How volunteers from tech companies like Amazon, Apple and Google built a coronavirus-tracking site in six days

Christina Farr

March 23, 2020 |

CNBC |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

Volunteers from tech companies collaborated with epidemiologists to create a Covid-19 tracking site that works to monitor the spread of the virus and help people know if they have been in contact with anyone who may have been infected. Although registration to the site is still short of the goal number, 10,000 people have already provided their information.

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Online bot created by CDC provides triage for coronavirus testing

Susannah Cullinane

March 22, 2020 |

KOAT-TV |

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Response Location: United States

To reduce the number of people being tested unnecessarily for coronavirus, the CDC has introduced an online bot that helps people determine the severity of their symptoms. Because the United States has a limited supply of tests and medical equipment currently available, the goal of the bot is to prioritize tests for those who need them most.

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Cuyahoga County ‘disease detectives,' CWRU medical students track coronavirus in one of Ohio's hotspots

Rachel Dissell Ginger Christ

March 22, 2020 |

Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

Cuyahoga County enlists medical students and residents to help the overwhelmed city health staff tackle the coronavirus chaos. Among other administrative tasks, students interview patients who have tested positive for coronavirus, noting their symptoms and underlying health issues to provide data and patterns to county health officials.

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Galion distillery creates hand sanitizer from high-proof alcohol

Brittany Schock

March 22, 2020 |

Richland Source |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Galion, Ohio

Six months ago, a distillery in Ohio had the idea to start making hand sanitizer on-site, but because of the rapid spread of the coronavirus and the FDA changing regulations, the business has now fast-tracked the idea into reality. With only their first batch ready to donate, the distillery has already received over 1,000 requests for deliveries of the sanitizer.

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Por qué la solución tecnológica coreana es inviable ahora. Pero puede ser indispensable pronto

Jordi Pérez Colomé

March 22, 2020 |

El País |

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Response Location: South Korea

Este artículo enumera y explica las medidas con las cuales Corea del Sur logró contener el COVID-19. Son basadas en trazabilidad y testeo en masa, pero se fundamentan en tecnología: sobre todo en apps digitales privadas que ayudan a saber dónde están los casos y sus contactos, y recomiendan rutas aisladas a los usuarios para recorrer las ciudades.

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How South Korea Solved Its Acute Hospital-Bed Shortage

Dasl Yoon

March 22, 2020 |

Wall Street Journal |

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Response Location: South Korea, Daegu

In order to reduce the mortality rate from the coronavirus pandemic as much as possible, medical centers and the government in South Korea reserved beds only for the most ill, while others were quarantined in supervised dorms. To dictate where and how someone would be treated, they were assigned into a category of asymptomatic, mild, severe, or critical, which helped prioritize those that actually needed hospitalization.

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Italy, Pandemic's New Epicenter, Has Lessons for the World

Jason Horowitz Elisabetta Povoledo

March 21, 2020 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Italy, Rome

In learning what could best work to contain the coronavirus, Italy is offering lessons to other countries in what has failed to work there. Dubbed the new "epicenter of a shifting pandemic" after reporting the highest death count, countries are learning that rapid and early intervention that is communicated clearly is a key component to slowing the spread.

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Coronavirus : comment la Vénétie parvient à ralentir les progrès de l'épidémie

Jérôme Gautheret

March 20, 2020 |

Le Monde |

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Response Location: Italy, Veneto

Dès le premier décès lié au coronavirus, la petite ville de Vo’Euganeo décide de confiner l'ensemble de la population. Chaque habitant est testé et isolé lorsque le résultat s'avère positif. Cette méthode de dépistage permet de réduire le nombre de cas de manière drastique.

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