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

    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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  • Europe eyes smartphone location data to stem virus spread

    March 24, 2020 |

    CityNews |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Some of the governments that have had the most success in getting a handle on the spread of the coronavirus have used individual location data to conduct contact tracing and track the spread of the virus. However, some in Europe and the United States worry these tools violate privacy rights, even in the midst of a public health crisis.

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  • How a team of technicians is helping Taiwan triple mask production

    March 24, 2020 |

    Focus Taiwan |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Taiwan, New Taipei

    When people in Taiwan began to panic buy face masks in response to the spread of the coronavirus, the government intervened and took control of production protocols. Recruiting technicians from a variety of backgrounds and cities, the government – in a move that mimics military service recruitment – mobilized a team that was able to increase the rate of face mask production and solve the potential shortage.

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  • Can location data from smartphones help slow the coronavirus? Facebook is giving academics a chance to try

    March 24, 2020 |

    STAT |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, California

    Facebook collects data from people that choose to share their location with the app, and have started sharing it with various researchers who are trying to track the spread of the novel coronavirus. They share the data anonymously, so as to avoid the privacy issues they’ve faced in the past, and researchers aggregate “the signals into a picture of flows of people” to track connectivity and movement. Beyond researchers, nonprofits are also using it to help disseminate medical resources to highly affected areas.

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  • For artists, the show must go on—and Zoom is their venue

    March 23, 2020 |

    FastCompany |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Hosting business meetings over Zoom is nothing new during the coronavirus pandemic, but performing artists are also using the platform and adapting their work to the videoconferencing software. After initial performances were a success, an LA theater company called Theater Unleashed began experimenting with the platform and created a Facebook group for U.S. playwrights and actors who wish to participate. An Atlanta organization called Center for Puppetry Arts started hosting Zoom puppet shows. It isn't a seamless transition, but it is inviting creative adaption from creatives all across the country.

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  • Traveling Nurses, Doctors Fill Gaps In Rural Coverage Ahead Of COVID-19

    March 23, 2020 |

    NPR |

    Radio |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Barstow, California

    Traveling clinicians are being assigned to rural regions of the U.S. to play a part in helping small, understaffed hospitals respond to the coronavirus outbreak. To make this process easier and more efficient and offer the flexibility that most rural hospitals need, many states have eased licensing requirements "making it easier for travel nurses to move from state to state."

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  • Hand Sanitizer Mini-Factories Popping Up Around Bay Area

    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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  • San Francisco Fights Coronavirus By Finding the Homeless a Home

    March 23, 2020 |

    Bloomberg |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Recognizing the unique vulnerability of its homeless population to the coronavirus outbreak, San Francisco is transforming motels and hotels into makeshift and spacious shelters. The city must act fast to protect a homeless population that has soared to over 8,000 residents in recent years amid an ongoing tech boom, officials and community leaders say.

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  • With command and control, Taiwan excels in managing COVID-19

    March 23, 2020 |

    Channel News Asia |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Taiwan

    After the 2003 SARS epidemic, Taiwan formed the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC), which has proved necessary in the face of COVID19. The CECC has helped coordinated screenings for incoming travelers, rationing face masks, creating a hotline, and enforcing mandatory self-quarantines. They’ve also integrated health insurance, immigration, and customs databases to identify those most at risk.

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  • How volunteers from tech companies like Amazon, Apple and Google built a coronavirus-tracking site in six days

    March 23, 2020 |

    CNBC |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    Volunteers from tech companies collaborated with epidemiologists to create a Covid-19 tracking site that works to monitor the spread of the virus and help people know if they have been in contact with anyone who may have been infected. Although registration to the site is still short of the goal number, 10,000 people have already provided their information.

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