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  • This Map of New Orleans Might Save a Life

    January 19, 2018 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    By relying more heavily on data analysis, New Orleans officials decreased ambulance response time in many parts of the city from 12 minutes to 8 minutes. This is just one successful project of many from the non-profit group Results for America. The group works with local governments to use data and evidence to solve urban issues, and it has seen successes in New Orleans, Atlanta, Baltimore, and Philadelphia.

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  • Hawaii is offering citizens money to care for their family—will they take it?

    January 19, 2018 |

    Apolitical |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Honolulu, Hawaii

    Many people, often women, spend large amounts of their lives engaging in unpaid care work, dropping out of the labor market or taking a pay cut to care for their families. Hawaii has launched the Kupuna Caregivers Program to provide financial benefits for citizens who spend large amounts of time caring for others.

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  • The Health App That Beat Hurricane Harvey

    January 18, 2018 |

    Politico |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Houston, Texas

    For patients with tuberculosis, it is vital that they take their medicine consistently and on schedule, even after they are no longer contagious, which can be time consuming and expensive for public health departments to manage. Teleconferencing has helped people remember to take their medications, even during a disaster like Hurricane Harvey.

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  • A California City's Plan to Turn Indebted Millennials Into Local Doctors

    January 18, 2018 |

    Politico |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Riverside, California

    Riverside County is maintaining its college graduates and instilling them with community spirit. University of California at Riverside has a new medical school that provides free education to young adults, who agree to stay in Riverside County and offer medical care in the underserved areas. UCR aims for maximum impact by sending its medical students into clinics to directly interact with communities in need.

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  • Farming Brings Refugees Closer to Home Through Food and Community

    January 18, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

    The Transplanting Tradition Community Farm, based outside of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, has given ethnic Karen, Chin, and Burmese immigrants families space to grow and sell food, as well as receive trainings and other services. But they aren't farming just for money - the farm can help refugees find a sense of home and happiness in a new country.

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  • Born Into Rehab: Giving Life to West Virginia's Tiniest Opioid Victims

    January 17, 2018 |

    NationSwell |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Huntington, West Virginia

    In Huntington, West Virginia, the opioid epidemic – which has graced headlines nationwide – is disproportionately impacting newborns, earning the city the highest rate of infant cases in nation. In response to this crisis, local hospital employees have opened a Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome clinic to help serve the overflow of newborns that the hospital can't handle.

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  • After a Debacle, How California Became a Role Model on Measles

    January 16, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Berkeley, California

    In 2014, Disneyland experienced a measles outbreak that was linked back to the alarmingly low vaccination rates among Californian children. Following this outbreak, California passed a law that removed two of the most commonly used vaccination exemptions: personal belief exemptions, and conditional exemptions. Two years later, most children in California attend schools that meet herd immunity standards, and the chances of another outbreak are minimal.

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  • What others can learn from Bonner's success in revitalizing its old mill site

    January 16, 2018 |

    Missoulian |

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    Response Location: United States, Bonner, Montana

    When the Stimson plywood mill closed in Bonner, Montana in 2008, the city was able to bounce back by converting the old industrial area into a business park that employees hundreds of people. As soon as the site was cleaned up, two local owners bought the property and started encouraging businesses to move in, focusing on the perks: lots of space and available warehouses. Frenchtown, a nearby city that also had a mill close in the last decade, is hoping to overcome environmental hurdles and replicate the success that Bonner has achieved.

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  • States require doctors to use prescription drug monitoring systems for patients

    January 15, 2018 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States

    Prescription drug mointoring programs provide a doctor with information about a patient’s prescriptions and—in some states—drug-related hospitalizations and arrests. With this tool, doctors are better able to identify drug-seeking behavior and intervene with at risk patients.

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  • She Ran From the Cut, and Helped Thousands of Other Girls Escape, Too

    January 13, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Lenkisem

    Seleiman Bishagazi and the Tanzania Gender Networking Program (TGNP) are piloting a program that is on track to stop the practice of female genital mutilation. When a girl undergoes circumcision, her family receives monetary gifts from the community and the woman who performs the cutting is paid as well. This solution focuses on getting women into agriculture so that they have a steady income and don't need to rely on genital mutilation for capital.

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