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  • Virus Testing Blitz Appears to Keep Korea Death Rate Low

    Heejin Kim Sohee Kim Claire Che

    March 04, 2020 |

    Bloomberg |

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    Response Location: South Korea, Daegu

    Despite avoiding mass bans on citizen movement, South Korea has managed to mitigate the number of reported cases for coronavirus after implementing broad testing protocols. Having learned what didn't work during a previous outbreak of a respitaroy illness, the country "created a system to allow rapid approval of testing kits for viruses which have the potential to cause pandemics."

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  • Mexican government's ‘Health Windows' aid U.S. immigrants with preventative care

    Luis Zambrano

    March 03, 2020 |

    Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

    Multi-Media |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    To better serve Mexican citizens living in the U.S., the Mexican government created an initiative known as Health Windowns that helps bridge the gap between immigrants and preventive health care access. Although anyone is welcome to visit the free resource centers or any of the community pop-ups for medical attention, the program targets those who lack health insurance or are hesitant to receive traditional medical care.

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  • South Korea pioneers coronavirus drive-through testing station

    Sophie Jeong Ivan Watson

    March 03, 2020 |

    CNN |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: South Korea, Goyang

    To limit exposure during coronavirus testing, South Korea began piloting drive-thru test sites that allow those being tested to remain in their cars. The drive-thru, which sends results to the patient via text message three days later, has tested nearly 400 people in one day, helping to ease pressure oncovi other testing sites.

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  • Is South Korea's approach to containing coronavirus a model for the rest of the world?

    Jason Strother

    March 03, 2020 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: South Korea, Seoul

    In order to effectively manage the coronavirus outbreak in South Korea, government officials have stepped in by increasing transparency, subsidizing home medical equipment such as face masks, and rapidly distributing testing kits. The efforts have resulted in many more people already being tested than anticipated and behavioral changes taking effect within the population.

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  • Madhya Pradesh's ‘fluoride warriors' unleash citizen science to empower community

    Sahana Ghosh

    March 02, 2020 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: India, Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

    As part of a social work graduate program through Alirajpur Post Graduate College, a group of students are using “citizen science” to share their research that water with elevated levels of fluoride can be dangerous to drink. This has especially been an opportunity for female students to develop public speaking skills while connecting with women whose role it is to manage water for their households and encourage them to use wells with the appropriate fluoride levels, based on their data and research.

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  • Singapore contained Coronavirus. Could other countries learn from its approach?

    Philip J. Heijmans

    February 28, 2020 |

    Fortune |

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    Response Location: Singapore

    Singapore has seemingly been able to contain the coronavirus outbreak by relying on quick actions taken by the government and lessons learned from both the SARS and H1N1 outbreaks that impacted the region years ago. With "ready-made government quarantine facilities and a 330-bed, state-of-the-art national center for managing infectious diseases," the region has yet to see a death from this novel coronavirus despite 96 people identified as infected.

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  • A new kind of chemistry: Why science is rethinking the humble bed net

    Melody Schreiber Laura López González

    February 27, 2020 |

    Bhekisisa |

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    Response Location: Rwanda

    Mosquito nets in Rwanda and other regions are getting undergoing a change due to mosquitos increasingly showing resistance to the usual chemicals sprayed on them. The new nets, currently being piloted throuhgout other regions, are so far showing a higher tolerance to being washed and are routinely repelling more mosquitos than the previous model which only used one chemical, whereas these use a combination.

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  • A parent's place? Meet the women fighting for space at SA's rural hospitals

    Joan van Dyk

    February 26, 2020 |

    Bhekisisa |

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    Response Location: South Africa, Madwaleni

    In the rural Eastern Cape of South Africa, a hospital has transformed their model of care for children with cerebral palsy to better serve the entire family. Offering weeklong stays, the hospital offers physical therapy for the children and emotional and educational support to the mothers of the children. Although this kind of care comes at a financial cost for the hospital, the results have indicated positive outcomes for both the child and moms. Additionally, the hospital staff has also trained the moms to act as community workers, helping to better increase awareness and access to services.

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  • Alaskan Roulette

    Zoya Teirstein

    February 25, 2020 |

    Grist |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Old Harbor, Alaska

    An initiative called the Southeast Alaska Tribal Ocean Research is the state’s first coordinated testing effort to ensure that harvesters are not selling shellfish that contain paralytic shellfish poisoning. The program keeps track of data from 42 beaches in southern Alaska. However, the program only covers a small part of the active fishing sites in the state, so data is limited. But since the testing program was set up, no one at those sites have become sick.

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  • Repurposing Drugs to Fight Cancer

    Sophie Cousins

    February 25, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    Studies have shown that some medications prescribed to help treat one ailment can also be used in combination with other drug therapies to treat additional or separate illnesses. Although there are barriers to enacting drug repurposing clinical trials, medical experts say that the benefit of using existing drugs is undoubtedly more efficient and "off-label prescribing is entirely legal."

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