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Hospital chaplains find creative ways to offer compassion, despite coronavirus restrictions, so no one has to die alone

Kate Thayer

April 01, 2020 |

Chicago Tribune |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Social distancing rules are proving to be especially difficult to maintain for people whose family member is dying of the virus. Chaplains in Chicago are finding ways to help families to be with their loved ones in times of illness and so that no patient has to die alone. Chaplains will talk to the patient on the phone, broadcast family members' voices over the rooms' intercoms, and hand nurses prayer cards to give to the patient when they enter the room. The chaplains also work to alleviate the stress of the healthcare workers by praying over specific concerns and wishes that the nurses have.

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Social distancing works. The earlier the better, California and Washington data show.

Heather Kelly Geoffrey A. Fowler Reed Albergotti

April 01, 2020 |

The Washington Post |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

California and Washington were both early to adopt social distancing measures in the United States as a response to the coronavirus pandemic, and are now emerging as successful models for how this protocol could work if enacted early. Although these states have not been immune to a heavy caseload, they have not experienced the spikes that have overwhelmed the hospitals in states like New York.

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A Facebook group matches RVs that are sitting idle with health care workers who need a place to isolate after long hospital shifts

Alicia Lee

April 01, 2020 |

CNN |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Texas

Doctors on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic are able to isolate themselves from their families to avoid possible transmission of the virus thanks to a Facebook group that helps match medical professionals with nearby RVs, trailers, and campers. The idea for RVs for MDs originated in Texas, but thanks to a large volunteer group, they've been able to implement the program nationwide.

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Covid-19 Changed How the World Does Science, Together

Matt Apuzzo David D. Kirkpatrick

April 01, 2020 |

The New York Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

While most other scientific research around the world has come to a halt, coronavirus research is flourishing as a global collaboration of scientists focuses on understanding the virus and finding a vaccine. Competition among scientists and countries is still fervent, but information is being shared across labs and borders more urgently and quickly than before.

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Memphis teachers turn to TV to air lessons with classrooms closed due to coronavirus

Laura Faith Kebede

April 01, 2020 |

Chalkbeat |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Memphis, Tennessee

To reach kids who must stay at home as a result of the coronavirus and may not have access to reliable internet, teachers in Tennessee's Shelby County schools are recording easily accessible TV lessons. Though teachers can no longer get the same level of feedback from students or adjust to their on-the-spot questions, the lessons are to some degree interactive and aim to reinforce lessons students learned before schools went remote.

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Statewide makerspace network collaborates on COVID-19 mask projects

Meghan Pierce

April 01, 2020 |

Manchester Ink Link |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

Makerspaces, collaborative community-operated workspaces, across New Hampshire have started using 3D printers to make masks for healthcare workers. Using mostly donated supplies, members printed and assembled protective face shields for health-care workers, sending 150 to a hospital in Manchester and planning on making 1,000 a week. The main limitation is that 3D printer is slow, but volunteers throughout the state with 3D printers have offered to help.

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Oregon Launches Neighborhood Support For Foster Families Stuck At Home

Allison Frost Courtney Sherwood

April 01, 2020 |

Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) |

Radio |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Oregon

Foster families in Oregon are facing unique challenges during the stay at home order of COVID-19, so a new program called My Neighbor aims to alleviate some of their burdens by utilizing their local networks. The Department of Human Services partnered with nonprofit Every Child to create a program that connects Oregonians willing to help out in any way they can to foster families who are looking for support for things like getting groceries or cleaning supplies. They have already received requests from 260 families and foster children and filled 189 of them.

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Sports equipment manufacturer releases face shield design so others can pivot to medical supply

Dave Eisenstadter

April 01, 2020 |

Manchester Ink Link |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Exeter, New Hampshire

A sports safety equipment producer in New Hampshire shifted to producing personal protective equipment when the coronavirus pandemic caused a shortage for medical professionals. After working with a nurse practitioner to design the face shields, the company created an assembly line, while maintaining social distancing, that has been able to produce 6,000 masks per day. They have also made their design public so other production facilities can pivot to PPE production.

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Mt. Sinai Health launches coronavirus app to track outbreak across the New York City

Noah Higgins-Dunn

April 01, 2020 |

CNBC |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, New York

To better trace the spread of coronavirus, Singapore and China have been using apps that collect data about citizens' whereabouts and let people know if they've potentially been in contact with someone who has been diagnosed with the virus. Now, similar apps are being piloted in New York and Massachusettes in an attempt to better "understand more about the clinical course of the disease."

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Zimbabwe's universities are manufacturing masks, gloves and hand sanitizers to beat coronavirus

Farai Shawn Matiashe

April 01, 2020 |

Quartz Africa |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Zimbabwe

To combat the shortage of personal protective equipment amid the coronavirus pandemic, the government in Zimbabwe is asking universities "with engineering and technology capacity," to help with production. The universities are able to make up to 2,000 protective masks per day as well as manufacture hand sanitizer that meet the standards set forth by the World Health Organization.

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