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  • America's Other Epidemic: A new approach to fighting the opioid crisis as it quietly rages on

    May 01, 2020 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Batesville, Indiana

    To close a gap in drug treatment that often denies help to people who end up jailed, a hospital employee schooled in the strong evidence of effectiveness of medication-assisted treatment cobbled together a program using Medicaid funding and the cooperation of the courts and medical community. The program is rare in rural America. Though still small, the Courts Addiction & Drug Services program ended its first year with no overdoses, and only a handful of relapses, among its dozens of participants. In a region where MAT drugs are nearly impossible to get, the program is now working to expand its services.

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  • An Army of Equality Voters

    May 01, 2020 |

    QNotes Carolinas |

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    Response Location: United States

    The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) identified 57 million voters who identify as LGBTQ or allies and used digital and print ads, direct mail, and text and phone outreaches to turnout these “equality voters” in the 2018 mid-term elections. The campaign registered 30,000 new voters and trained 1,600 local volunteers who logged more than 20,000 hours for HRC-endorsed candidates. The campaign effectively increased turnout in the group from 36% in 2016 to 56% in 2018. While there are many more LGBTQ and ally voters not included, the group worked with Catalist to identify voters who are motivated by LGBTQ equality.

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  • Minneapolis Launches Mental-Health Fund for COVID Stress Relief

    May 01, 2020 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    In Minneapolis, a collaboration between the Division of Race and Equity, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and the city’s procurement department has helped establish an emergency mental health fund that aims to more equitably supply resources to the community during the COVID-19 pandemic. The reimbursement-based fund provides clinical counselors with the financial support necessary to increase their caseloads and focus on "helping people of color, women, indigenous people, disabled people, and those who are undocumented."

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  • Coronavirus necessity is the mother of this invention

    May 01, 2020 |

    New Hampshire Business Review |

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    Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

    To help deliver hand sanitzer to those who need it during the coronavirus pandemic, a distillery owner in Vermont and a lacrosse equipment online distributor in New Hampshire formed a partnership to create a distribution system. With the distillery the making hand santizer and the lacrosse equipment distributor handling the packaging and shipping, the collaboration has allowed for the sanitzer to reach more of the general public at a faster rate.

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  • Northeast Georgia Mask Production Continues With No End In Sight

    April 30, 2020 |

    Grady Newsource |

    Multi-Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

    Volunteer groups in Georgia are making cloth masks for non-coronavirus patients at local hospitals so that personal protective equipment can be reserved for medical staff in direct contact with COVID-19 patients. Although these masks do not provide the same kind of protection as medically regulated masks, they do serve as a back-up and thousands have been delivered to area hospitals.

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  • No tourism income, but this Philippine community still guards its environment

    April 30, 2020 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Philippines, Coron, Palawan

    A COVID-19-spurred shutdown has halted ecotourism to Siete Pecados, a marine protected area in the Philippines. As a result, many residents have turned to fishing as a way to supplement their income. To make sure this is done with the environment in mind, local residents are stepping up to help tourism workers, ensure the area stays protected, and prevent overfishing of endangered species.

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  • La Grèce, ce héros !

    April 30, 2020 |

    France Inter |

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    Response Location: Greece

    Prenant en considération sa population âgée et un déficit de lits en soins intensifs, la Grèce a réagi dès l'annonce du premier cas sur son territoire. L'annulation d'évènements publics, l'accroissement de la capacité d'accueil dans les hopitaux, mais aussi un sentiment partagé de responsabilité envers les plus âgés, et un modèle de communication officielle très transparent ont permis de contenir la pandémie de manière efficace.

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  • Colorado's Vote-by-Mail System Could Save the 2020 Election. Why Aren't More States Using It?

    April 30, 2020 |

    Rolling Stone |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    Colorado achieved the second-highest voter turnout rate in 2018 in part by allowing universal mail-in voting. Three out of every four Colorado residents polled support mail-in voting, making it hugely popular as well. Many people are now looking to successful mail-in states like Colorado to pave the way for universal mail-in voting in the upcoming presidential election.

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  • Can Genetic Engineering Bring Back the American Chestnut?

    April 30, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York

    Researchers successfully genetically engineered American Chestnut trees to resist the blight that decimated the species. Using a resistance-conferring gene from the wheat plant, the trees are grown in the lab and then can mate with trees in the wild to produce hardier blight-resistant trees. Although there are several regulatory hurdles to clear, and some environmental activists oppose the use of genetic modifications, the group continues to receive substantial grants and the trees have passed years of safety and efficacy tests showing they are safe and can even contribute to a healthy diet for many species.

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  • New Zealand has ‘effectively eliminated' coronavirus. Here's what they did right.

    April 30, 2020 |

    National Geographic |

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    Response Location: New Zealand

    While most countries around the world are trying to implement strategies to contain the coronavirus outbreak, New Zealand set out to eradicate the virus. Rapid government-enacted intervention strategies and a reliance on science coupled with compliance from community members has resulted in the countrywide caseload remaining significantly low and has allowed for parts of the region to slowly reopen.

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