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  • Despite An Outbreak, Colleges Stay Course

    October 09, 2020 |

    New Haven Independent |

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    Response Location: United States, New Haven, Connecticut

    The Univeristy of New Haven's contact tracing program successfully helped identify an outbreak of the COVID-19, which in turn allowed the school to quarantine those impacted and continue classes for the rest of the students without interruption. Between contact tracing and other protocols such as mandatory social distancing and intermittent testing, UNH "does not foresee moving to a more virtual format or limiting on-campus life further."

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  • COVID-19's Tragic Effect on American Indians: A State-by-State Analysis

    October 07, 2020 |

    U.S. News & World Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Minnesota

    In Minnesota, tribal leaders from the Band of Chippewa Indians worked closely with state officials at the start of the coronavirus pandemic to implement measures that would reduce the impact of the pandemic in their community where they knew it "would likely be severe." So far, the efforts have seen success evident in the infection rates which are significantly lower than the nation's average.

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  • Hanover paramedics make house calls to test resident for coronavirus

    October 07, 2020 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    Response Location: United States, Hanover, Massachusetts

    In Hanover, two collaborative efforts – one between the hospital system and the town and another between the public school district and paramedics – have helped residents access coronavirus testing without leaving their homes. Although test results aren't delivered immediately, the partnerships have still helped over 1,200 people get tested and are available to all town residents.

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  • The Black Doctors Working To Make Coronavirus Testing More Equitable

    October 01, 2020 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Comprised of doctors, nurses, and medical students, the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium is helping to bring free coronavirus testing to Black Philadelphians who are "contracting the coronavirus and dying from COVID-19 at greater rates than everyone else." The program, which offers testing via mobile test units to around 350 per day, has gained the recognition throughout the city, resulting in funding from city leaders, foundations, and individuals.

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  • How South Korea Successfully Managed Coronavirus

    September 25, 2020 |

    Wall Street Journal |

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    Response Location: South Korea, Seoul

    Despite never mandating a lockdown, South Korea has been able to better control the spread of COVID-19 as compared to other countries of similar economic and development status. Focusing on information management and testing, as well as the use of technology to aid both of these tactics, the country has kept the case count to fewer than 80 cases per day. According to the chairman of the World Health Organization’s global outbreak alert and response network, “No country has adapted to living with, and containing, the virus like South Korea."

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  • Heroes of the pandemic: “When the world is burning, I feel I must help put out the fire”

    September 24, 2020 |

    Enlace Latino NC |

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    Response Location: United States, Durham, North Carolina

    A group of health professionals known as Latinx Advocacy Team & Interdisciplinary Network for COVID-19, or LATIN-19, is helping to bring coronavirus-specific health care access to North Carolina's Latino community. Because the group operates across county lines, they have become well-known amongst the local communities, helping to not only provide much-needed health care services, but also increase awareness around the dangers of the virus.

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  • How active community case search transformed testing in Kano State

    September 22, 2020 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kano

    Kano State, once the epicenter in Nigeria for cases of COVID-19, now boasts the highest rate of daily testing numbers after piloting a community-sampling strategy that allowed for mass testing. The pilot was largely possible due to a massive community mobilization effort and resulted in a decline in community transmission.

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  • Minnesota COVID-19 outreach focuses on vulnerable communities of color

    September 02, 2020 |

    Sahan Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Minnesota

    To extend aid to the Minnesotans most vulnerable to the coronavirus, state and local health departments, backed by $4 million in state funding and by community groups' on-the-ground help, conducted an extensive campaign of culturally appropriate outreach to offer free COVID-19 tests and healthcare advice. The efforts have included one-on-one contacts, email blasts to free-school-lunch recipients, and TV and radio ads on media targeting Black, Latinx, immigrant, and refugee populations. Immigrant communities and people of color have been disproportionately hit by the pandemic.

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  • We Can Solve the Coronavirus-Test Mess Now—if We Want To

    September 02, 2020 |

    The New Yorker |

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    Response Location: South Korea

    The United States is facing a coronavirus testing problem that is due to both governmental inaction and an inefficient health care system, but the nation has faced a similar problem before. When determining how best to distribute electricity, the creation of the national electric grid decentralized access, which in turn increased supply and lowered costs. To follow a similar path in regards to COVID-19 testing access, South Korea provides an example for what "a functional national grid can deliver when it comes to public health."

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  • How the University of Arizona used No. 2 to solve its No. 1 problem

    August 29, 2020 |

    NBC News |

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    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    Amongst other efforts, the University of Arizona has begun analyzing sewage to mitigate the spread of coronavirus as students return to campus for the new school year. The practice is known as wastewater-based epidemiology, and university officials have already been able to diagnose and isolate two asymptomatic cases due to this new initiative.

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