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Amalga Distillery in Juneau is making hand sanitizer for organizations in need

Elizabeth Jenkins

March 25, 2020 |

Alaska Public Media |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Juneau, Alaska

An Alaskan distillery has joined the ranks of businesses that are turning their normal business production facilities into hand sanitizer manufacturing facilities. After partnering with another local business to obtain the necessary ingredients, the distillery has been able to produce and donate 30 gallons of the product to those who need it most during the pandemic.

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From spirits to sanitizer: Local distilleries joining together to fight COVID-19

Matthew Denis

March 25, 2020 |

The Register-Guard |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Oregon

In the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, some distilleries across the United States have switched their focus from the production of alcohol to the production of hand sanitizer. This new model meets the outsized demand for sanitizing supplies and helps to keep these businesses afloat.

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People around the country are sewing masks. And some hospitals, facing dire shortage, welcome them

Harmeet Kaur Tami Luhby

March 24, 2020 |

CNN |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

As the shortage of personal protective equipment continues amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, homemade masks are becoming an increasingly important option. While N-95 masks are preferable over homemade cotton masks, hospital facilities including St. Luke’s University Health Network in Pennsylvania have called on individuals to create up to 15,000 masks. By using elastic, and cotton, often from materials around the house, crafty individuals are filling a gap in this crisis.

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Coronavirus Has Hospitals in Desperate Need of Equipment. These Innovators Are Racing to Help.

Haley Willis Robin Stein Natalie Reneau Drew Jordan

March 24, 2020 |

The New York Times |

Video |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

As personal protective equipment becomes increasingly hard to find, university labs, engineers, and individuals are taking part in a crowdsourced effort to create alternatives. Although their 3D designs and repurposed shields don't take the place of PPE, they do act as safe back-ups for frontline workers facing a shortage.

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‘There's sunshine again': Thousands of meals delivered daily to Anchorage students as coronavirus closes classrooms

Tegan Hanlon

March 24, 2020 |

Alaska Public Media |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Anchorage, Alaska

In Alaska, the Anchorage School District’s mobile food delivery service is delivering thousands of meals every day to Anchorage students. By repurposing school buses, school district leaders are packing sack lunches, school nurses, and educators on board to help with the deliveries.

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Angeleno offers free laundry service for the homeless, sews face masks to donate amid coronavirus

Madeleine Brand

March 24, 2020 |

KCRW |

Podcast |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

In Los Angeles, city officials are working to repurpose recreational buildings to house those experiencing homelessness, in the hopes of containing the spread of coronavirus. The city and shelters are also partnering with a mobile laundry truck, which has been in operation for years serving low-income communities and those who are experiencing homelessness, to provide free laundry for those who visit.

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This is how South Korea flattened its coronavirus curve

Grace Moon

March 24, 2020 |

NBC News |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: South Korea, Seoul

Although the future is unknown, for the time being, South Korea has largely contained the coronavirus pandemic by enacting a comprehensive response. Acting swiftly and aggressively, the country moved to initiate widespread testing, tracing and mapping of potential carriers, and a public information campaign to slow the spread.

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Volunteer DIYers meet face mask shortage with needle and thread

Tammy Webber Dee-Ann Durbin Anne D'Innocenzio

March 24, 2020 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Washington, Indiana

Community members across the world are working to make homemade masks to help healthcare workers who are facing shortages. In some cases, one person's efforts have balooned into community-wide initiatives, as people unite to play a part in containing the coronavirus.

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Supercomputers Recruited To Hunt For Clues To A COVID-19 Treatment

Joe Palca

March 24, 2020 |

NPR |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

As scientists across the planet are racing to develop a vaccine to fight the novel coronavirus, the COVID-19 High Performance Computing Consortium is using supercomputers to identify or create drug compounds that might prevent or treat a COVID-19 infection. The computing power of these supercomputers allows scientists to rapidly conduct their research.

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Hand Sanitizer Mini-Factories Popping Up Around Bay Area

Sam Lew

March 23, 2020 |

San Francisco Public Press |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

In the Bay Area of California, organizations are repurposing their work and personal spaces to act as DIY pop-up hand sanitizer factories during the coronavirus pandemic. From donating the product to homeless shelters to installing hand washing stations and hand sanitizer dispensers throughout cities, community members are taking an active role in trying to help contain the virus.

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