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  • Telehealth Appointments On The Rise, Offer Options For Patients And Doctors

    June 30, 2020 |

    Yellowstone Public Radio |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Missoula, Montana

    In Montana, the transition to telehealth during the Covid-19 pandemic has helped one health care clinic provide care for more patients than before the virtual visits were necessary. Although it's not yet determined if this model of care will be sustainable in the longterm because of insurance protocols, it has allowed for the clinic to hire more practitioners due in part to health insurance relaxing telehealth reimbursement regulations. Other health agencies have also found similar benefits from the transition of care.

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  • Texas's Missing Students: Weeks After Closures, Schools in San Antonio Still Couldn't Locate Thousands of Kids. How One Band Director Finally Tracked Down His Musicians

    June 30, 2020 |

    The 74 |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Texas

    As thousands of students across the country stopped showing up to remote classes, schools scrambled to make contact. One Texas Band Director built on his relationships to localize his students. “He had relationships with students — his own and those between bandmates — forged long before the closures. When his personal connections played out, he called in reinforcements section by section, woodwinds finding woodwinds, brass finding brass.” The effort worked so well some teachers were asking him for help to localize other students.

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  • Keeping safe while serving, church groups tackle pandemic and protests

    June 30, 2020 |

    Religion News Service |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Florissant, Missouri

    After receiving a call from the local hospital saying they needed help in containing the spread of coronavirus, members of Christ the King United Church of Christ in Florissant, Missouri began sewing masks for those in low-income and minority neighborhoods. The church is now part of a larger movement known as Masks for the People that helps distribute masks to "incarcerated people, essential workers and minority communities, all of whom are more likely to be hospitalized with coronavirus, according to the CDC."

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  • Minnesota Food Shelves Go Mobile To Fight Hunger

    June 29, 2020 |

    U.S. News & World Report |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Sleepy Eye, Minnesota

    Food banks and relief groups in Minnesota are delivering food to rural and suburban communities as food insecurity rises across the state. Suburban poverty presents unique challenges because communities are spread out and lack public transportation as well as social services, underscoring the importance of mobile food deliveries. Food pantries have been overburdened since March as more and more people experience food insecurity for the first time. One group reported a drastic increase in the number of people served, with 68 percent using the pantry service for the very first time.

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  • How Hong Kong beat coronavirus and avoided lockdown

    June 29, 2020 |

    CNBC |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: China, Hong Kong

    Hong Kong's aggressive, early response to COVID-19, informed by the SARS scare of 2013, helped the densely populated city limit infections to about 1,200 as of late June without a comprehensive lockdown. A number of measures get the credit, including a travel ban on visitors, thorough contact tracing and close tracking of people in quarantine, investigations of every case, and most especially its culture – respecting others' safety and a willingness to wear face masks and listen to public health authorities. Fairly early on, Hong Kong was able to relax many of the social distancing regulations.

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  • How countries without governments are relying on WhatsApp to tackle COVID-19

    June 29, 2020 |

    Apolitical |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Syria

    Digital platforms allow Syrian doctors living abroad to assist over-burdened local doctors deal with the Covid-19 pandemic. Conflict has severely limited Syria's health services, so NGOs use online platforms like Zoom and WhatsApp to allow Syrian doctors abroad to provide consultations, deliver trainings, and share resources - including a daily forum for local doctors to get second opinions on cases. Thousands of volunteers have joined and organizers think this model can work in other conflict areas if local agents are engaged, they have the trust of the population, and there is the technical capacity.

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  • Feed the people: Helping communities, hospitality workers, and families

    June 29, 2020 |

    DigBoston |

    Text |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts

    Restaurants and labor unions have formed a partnership through Project Restore Us, or PRU, to benefit union members as well as restaurants during the pandemic. Restaurants utilize their access to discounted, bulk grocery items to create grocery boxes for union members. The profit goes to the restaurant and its employees, simultaneously helping those who are unemployed and dealing with food insecurity as well as the hard-hit restaurant industry.

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  • Los campesinos que hackearon el sistema alimenticio en medio de la pandemia

    June 28, 2020 |

    ¡Pacifista! |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Colombia

    Este reportaje radiofónico distribuido en podcast explora y explica cómo comunidades rurales de Colombia se las ingenian para la elaboración y repartición de alimentos en plena crisis por el COVID-19. Ante la dificultad de distribución y el deterioro en las ventas de sus cultivos, los vecinos de Cajamarca, en Tolima, decidieron que sus huertos sean para su consumo propio y el de sus vecinos.

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  • Into Their Own Hands: Kibera, Kenya's Largest Slum, Tames COVID-19

    June 26, 2020 |

    InfoNILE |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Kenya, Kibera, Nairobi

    The densely populated region of Kibera in Kenya has managed to slow the spread of Covid-19 and protect vulnerable residents despite facing "overcrowding and unhygienic conditions" due to communal and collaborative efforts from local residents, the government and non-governmental organizations. These efforts have included an information campaign, the implementation of hygiene stations and community-delivered water to each household.

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  • COVID-19 Quarantine Facility Links Homeless To Range Of Services

    June 26, 2020 |

    Honolulu Civil Beat |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Iwilei, Hawaii

    When Covid-19 began spreading throughout the United States, officials in Hawaii set up a quarantine facility for those experiencing homelessness that helped connect residents with other services to reduce their risk of contracting the virus. While it's too early to know if this could be a viable model for health care in the long run, the practice of temporary housing has currently helped curb the spread of the virus among the community's "unsheltered people."

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