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  • Test, trace, contain: how South Korea flattened its coronavirus curve

    April 23, 2020 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: South Korea, Seoul

    With one of the lowest mortality rates in the world and a rapidly declining rate of new COVID-19 cases, South Korea has emerged as a world leader in containing the pandemic. Many credit widespread testing and contact tracing, or the tracking of infected people using their own descriptions of their movements as well as GPS phone tracking, surveillance camera records, and credit card transactions. Though it had a distinct advantage as one of the most connected countries in the world, South Korea's model is being replicated widely.

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  • How School Districts Are Outsmarting a Microbe

    April 23, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    Schools across the United States are patching together solutions in the aftermath of the mass migration to online learning brought on by COVID-19. Wi-Fi hotspots, webinars with parents, and office hours are the new normal. But teachers and administrators insist it is important to set realistic goals and not put place much pressure on themselves or students.

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  • Why South Korea's coronavirus death toll is comparatively low

    April 23, 2020 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: South Korea

    South Korea took early and aggressive measures to mitigate the coronavirus pandemic, and the country has now been able to successfully declare that they've flattened the curve of reported cases. The combined strategy of widespread testing, contact tracing, government transparency, community willingness to self-isolate, and an economy already built for the delivery of goods, helped the country avoid a national lockdown all while still containing the virus.

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  • These coal communities are protecting sick miners from COVID-19 and pushing Congress for more support

    April 23, 2020 |

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    Response Location: United States, Tennessee

    In Tennessee and Kentucky, rural coal communities are drawing on their decades-old networks of mutual aid to protect coal miners from COVID-19. At the legislative level, the National Black Lung Association and other Appalachian groups are coming together to push for more coal miner protections in coronavirus stimulus bills. At the local level, communities are organizing phone trees to share necessary information, helping with grocery and prescription delivery, and providing greater access to broadband for those without reliable internet.

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  • Report for America is sending 225 journalists into local newsrooms around the country

    April 23, 2020 |

    Poynter |

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    Response Location: United States

    Since launching in 2017, the nonprofit Report For America has subsidized hundreds of journalists' salaries to rebuild local-news outlets' ability to provide trusted news coverage of local public affairs. Though there is no lack of available journalists or a need for local news coverage, the program takes aim at fixing a broken business model. The latest cohort of 225 journalists sent to 162 local newsrooms is up from 59. Available to "emerging journalists" who can commit to two years of work, RFA pays half their salaries. The other half is split by the news organization and community donors.

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  • How location data can help track and stop the spread of COVID-19

    April 23, 2020 |

    Business Insider |

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    Response Location: Singapore

    When it comes to containing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, many experts point to contact tracing, in which disease detectives track and monitor the interactions and movements of known infected people, as the key. From more manual, labor-intensive detective methods to high-tech app-based methods, contact tracing tactics can vary, but the basic concept remains the same. However, there is a trade off between safety and privacy.

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  • Coronavirus Crisis Opens Access To Online Opioid Addiction Treatment

    April 23, 2020 |

    KFF Health News |

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    Response Location: United States, Walnut Creek, California

    Addiction experts have been offering online counseling for addiction patients for years but have also been working to change a federal law that required patients seeking medications to help with withdrawals to first make an in-person appointment. The coronavirus pandemic has now expedited that change, and with the regulation lifted, doctors are able to offer medication-assisted treatment via online appointments in addition to the counseling.

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  • Zéro mort du coronavirus : comment expliquer le mystère vietnamien ?

    April 22, 2020 |

    Ouest France |

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    Response Location: Vietnam

    Le Vietnam a pris l'épidémie au sérieux très rapidement et a défini sa politique via un comité interministériel composé de scientifiques. Le succès de ce pays voisin de la Chine émane d'un système de détection qui permet de suivre l'évolution la contagion. Chaque personne contaminée ou potentiellement infectée est testée puis mise en quarantaine.

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  • Portugal's answer to the heroin crisis Audio icon

    April 22, 2020 |

    The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

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    Response Location: Portugal, Lisbon

    When faced with an opioid crisis, the government in Portugual made a drastic decision to decriminalize drug use. This shift in policy allowed for a shift in perspective – addiction problems could now be treated as a public health issue, rather than a criminal issue. This approach resulted in a significant decrease in overdoses, and is now a model that U.S. cities, such as Philadelphia, are looking at to learn from.

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  • Douglas County Got On The Remote Learning Train Early. This Is How Teachers Made It Work

    April 22, 2020 |

    Colorado Public Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    The transition to remote learning in Douglas County, Colorado, as a result of COVID-19 has been relatively seamless since teachers and students were already familiar with some online learning platforms. Though the district may have lessons for other schools, they are also cautious to acknowledge the advantage they have as a result of the relative wealth and resources of the families they teach.

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