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  • Behind the masks: Meet the people who keep Gauteng's field hospital going

    August 20, 2020 |

    Bhekisisa |

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    Response Location: South Africa, Gauteng

    A color-coded system is being adopted at hospitals throughout South Africa after seeing success in Taiwan during the COVID-19 pandemic. The system uses red, yellow, and green color-coding to warn health care officials about their likelihood of coming into contact with someone who could expose them to the coronavirus. The tactic is just one of several new measures that have been implemented to keep frontline workers safe.

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  • Solar Power Is Booming. But It's Putting Desert Wilderness At Risk.

    August 20, 2020 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Solar development can reduce or significantly alter local biodiversity, and this should be considered when planning sustainability projects in the desert, argues a new study. Scientists measured the impact of a solar plant built in California and found that while some grasses and native shrubs grew back, cacti and yucca didn’t fare well. They recommend building solar projects on places that have already been developed or have low environmental impact. Groups like the Nature Conservancy are using that advice to pilot a project demonstrating that old mine sites in Nevada can be used for clean energy.

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  • Nice White Parents: We Know It When We See It

    August 20, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A Brooklyn school district has changed the zoning and middle school admission process to racially integrate schools and level the playing field. White children previously gained admission to schools with the most resources based on impressive grades and extracurricular activities. The new system is based on a lottery and can not screen students for test results or attendance. Black and Latino families have been demanding change since 1950, but this change was a result of the efforts of white parents. Critics question whether the motive was equality or anger over too many white kids kept out of good schools.

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  • Courts rule

    August 20, 2020 |

    Boulder Weekly |

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    Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

    Almost half of U.S. states guarantee citizens’ rights to petition for ballot measures, but the coronavirus made gathering signatures in person infeasible. Massachusetts courts allowed electronic signatures, but other states have not approved virtual citizen initiative campaigns. Ballot initiatives allow citizens to advance solutions and enact structural changes without relying on support from elected officials. MA groups used DocuSign to gather 30,000 signatures to get a proposal for ranked choice voting on the ballot. Not all MA groups were able to quickly or successfully pivot to the e-signature process.

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  • Criterio de los tribunales

    August 20, 2020 |

    Boulder Weekly |

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    Response Location: United States, Boulder, Colorado

    En el 2020 Colorado, no había logrado que las de peticiones para obtener un sitio en la boleta electoral de 2020 se realizaran de manera electrónica, a pesar de estar viviendo una pandemia. Otros estados de Estados Unidos tampoco lo lograron. Pero Massachusetts si lo logró. El artículo compara estas realidades.

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  • Telemedicina en Guanacaste: «Ahora es posible brindar consultas que antes creíamos imposibles»

    August 20, 2020 |

    La Voz de Guanacaste |

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    Response Location: Costa Rica, Guanacaste

    Mirando el caso específico de la región de Guanacaste y el Hopital de Liberia, se analiza el impacto de la aplicación de la telemedicina y la teleconsulta en pacientes de diferentes tipos, desde atención post-operatoria hasta atención con un especialista, producto de las restricciones generadas por la pandemia por COVID-19.

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  • On the Delaware, A Promising New Era in Cleanup of an Urban River

    August 20, 2020 |

    Yale Environment 360 |

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    Response Location: United States, Camden, New Jersey

    Once known for being dirty, the Delaware River is being cleaned up by nonprofits and government entities to the point where they’re encouraging people to swim in it again. The Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority diverted the flow of sewage at 52 municipal plants to a new treatment plant, which has kept 15 million gallons of sewage out of the river each day. While overflows have not been completely eliminated, a national advocacy group even named the Delaware its River of the Year because of its improvements in water quality.

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  • Virtual Bronx Internships Put Youth First

    August 20, 2020 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, New York

    The Thinkubator, a Bronx-based nonprofit, launched "Thinkubator Solves" a virtual internship program that pairs Bronx high school students with local businesses. The paid one-month summer internship allows students to collaborate with employers who are struggling to cope with pandemic-related challenges. Students were grouped into teams who worked with organizations like Legal Aid and Advocates for Children of New York, Bronx Public Schools and a local restaurant.

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  • Pandemic pushes expansion of 'hospital-at-home' treatment

    August 20, 2020 |

    Associated Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Ipswich, Massachusetts

    Although offering at-home care has been a practice for some time, the coronavirus pandemic has helped prompt more health insurance companies to allow health care workers to implement the practice at a larger scale. Treating patients in their homes doesn't just reduce the caseload for doctors in hospitals but also has been shown to have positive effects on the patient's overall health and well-being. Since the change in health insurance police, "interest in the programs has skyrocketed."

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  • Flint Community Schools is Going Door to Door to Find Hard-to-Reach Students

    August 20, 2020 |

    Flint Beat |

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    Response Location: United States, Flint, Michigan

    Staff from Flint Community Schools are taking a more door-to-door approach to find the close to 1,500 students who have not yet started attending virtual school when the fall semester started. FCS assembled "wellness teams" made up "social workers, behavioral specialists, nurses, and paraprofessionals" and sent them to neighborhoods with mapped routes to walk around neighborhoods and find students and their families, as well as help identify needs to assist with including food assistance, wi-fi hotspots, and other individual needs.

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