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Chicago Distillers Build a Vigilante Hand Sanitizer Industry

Ghazala Irshad

March 26, 2020 |

Chicago Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Many Chicago distilleries are utilizing their abundance of high-proof alcohol to create hand sanitizer to fill a gap in the market due to the coronavirus pandemic. While a portion of the product is being donated to first responders and frontline workers, this new business endeavor is also helping distillery owners keep their employees on payroll and their businesses open.

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France Transfers Coronavirus Patients On High-Speed Train With Mobile Emergency Room

Colin Dwyer

March 26, 2020 |

NPR |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: France

France is transporting patients from areas with high concentrations of coronavirus victims to areas where hospitals have vacant beds and ventilators. This helps to relieve some pressure on some of the hardest-hit regions.

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Crocs is donating 10,000 pairs of free shoes to US healthcare workers every day until stocks last

Mary Hanbury

March 26, 2020 |

Business Insider |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States

Crocs are ideal footwear for healthcare workers because they are easy to disinfect and easy on the feet. To do their part in the fight against the coronavirus, Crocs is donating over 10,000 pairs of shoes online to those on the front line (until supplies last). They also plan to donate an additional 100,000 pairs to various hospitals and clinics around the country.

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Inside the Story of How H-E-B Planned for the Pandemic

Dan Solomon Paula Forbes

March 26, 2020 |

Texas Monthly |

Multi-Media |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, San Antonio, Texas

With experience from past regional disasters and supply-chain disruptions, supermarket chain H-E-B faced the coronavirus chaos with calm preparation, ensuring employees and management act quickly to mitigate their losses - and to keep their shoppers healthy. The chain got a head start by asking suppliers in heavily affected areas - like Italy - for tips and tricks, enforcing early-on social distancing rules, and increasing sick leave for employees.

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As more Mass. first responders test positive for COVID-19, police and fire departments lean on each other to maintain services

Scott J. Croteau

March 26, 2020 |

MassLive |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

As communities work to contain the coronavirus outbreak, the risk for emergency responders to contract the illness is high; but in Massachusetts, departments are putting new practices and plans into place to address this. From changing the way police respond to calls, to creating a backfill system if or when officers are quarantined, the departments are working to keep both their responders and their communities healthy.

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How robots helped protect doctors from coronavirus

Lilly Smith

March 26, 2020 |

FastCompany |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: China, Hubei Province

To keep the doctor-patient contact at a minimum during the coronavirus pandemic, hospitals in China and Thailand are using human-like robots to perform basic medical tasks. The use of robots doesn't just help to keep doctors safer, it also helps to relieve them of their overburdened workload.

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‘COVID-19 Clearinghouse': Project N95 is matching hospitals with PPE suppliers

Talib Visram

March 26, 2020 |

FastCompany |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States

Dozens of tech-focused volunteers have come together to create Project N95, a personal protective equipment clearinghouse meant to connect health institutions in need of equipment like masks with suppliers around the world. This central marketplace aims to bridge the two parties in a single place along an otherwise complex supply chain.

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People Around the World Are 3D-Printing Face Shields to Battle the Coronavirus

Dave Gershgorn

March 26, 2020 |

OneZero |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Staten Island, New York

Medical professionals are facing mass shortages of personal protective equipment amid the coronavirus pandemic, so people with 3D printers are helping to produce alternatives. In New York, one company is using a GoFundMe campaign to help fund the production, while the founder of a Czech 3D-printer company developed one of the most downloaded designs for the transparent disposable full-face masks.

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A Sewing Army, Making Masks for America

David Enrich Rachel Abrams Steven Kurutz

March 25, 2020 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

As hospitals and healthcare workers face a shortage of protective gear in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, an army of independent craftspeople have stepped up. Around the United States, they are sewing protective masks by hand, and they are making an impact. For people who are stuck at home or out of work, this is a way they can contribute, and many hospitals have begun relying on these DIY masks that are already saving lives.

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Can The U.S. Crowdsource Its Way Out Of A Mask Shortage? No, But It Still Helps

Eric Westervelt

March 25, 2020 |

NPR |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

With a massive shortage of protective gear in the medical community amidst the coronavirus outbreak, volunteer groups are filling the gap by crowdsourcing masks, gowns, and other essential items. Though the government is working on a longer-term fix to the supply shortage, these volunteer groups are able to pick up hand-sewn masks and other donated items from community members and deliver them to medical centers around the country.

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