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  • What the U.S. can learn from Australia's hybrid health care system

    September 03, 2020 |

    PBS NewsHour |

    Broadcast TV Programs |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Australia, Sydney

    Australia's health care system combines public and private health insurance to create a hybrid model that caters to every citizen. Although there is some uncertainty surrounding the future of the private health care program due to the younger generation's tendency to choose the public option, overall, "the outcomes for both systems have been quite good," especially when compared to America's system.

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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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    Over 3000 Words

    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 New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo failed, then succeeded, on Covid-19

    September 02, 2020 |

    Vox |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York

    Although public health experts agree that New York was initially slow to implement protocols to protect citizens from COVID-19, they also agree that the state was able to gain control over the virus due to the actions the governor and the public eventually took. Protocols that have proved successful for the state include a mask mandate, a stay-at-home order and a delay in reopeneing businesses despite a decrease in cases.

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  • How Switzerland delivered health care for all -- and kept its private insurance Audio icon

    September 02, 2020 |

    PBS NewsHour |

    Broadcast TV Programs |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Switzerland, Oberhofen am Thunersee

    Switzerland is home to the world's lowest avoidable mortality rate and residents of the country live longer lives and are healthier than those who live in the United States. Health policy experts credit the Swiss health care system for playing a significant role. Despite the high cost and the penalty for not carrying insurance, the system is praised as guarateeing access to quality health-care and "unlike the U.S., people rarely go bankrupt from medical bills."

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  • The Warsaw Ghetto Can Teach The World How To Beat Back An Outbreak

    September 02, 2020 |

    NPR |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Poland, Warsaw

    In the 1940s, typhus spread throughout the community living within the Warsaw ghetto, but cases dramatically decreased in the winter of 1941. While some researchers remain unsure why, others point towards a change in behavior that included increasing hygiene and nutrition practices and introducing social distancing.

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  • Should U.S. look to UK's single-payer National Health Service for next health care moves?

    September 01, 2020 |

    PBS NewsHour |

    Broadcast TV Programs |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United Kingdom

    The United Kingdom's single-payer health insurance system, known as the National Health Service, has helped citizens obtain the essential care they need without having to worry about the cost of the care. While the model has shown proven success in reducing overall health costs and increasing positive health outcomes, some citizens say that care can be delayed due to demand, which leads them to pursue supplemental insurance.

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  • Hope, the Senegalese app that saves lives by optimizing blood donations

    August 30, 2020 |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Senegal, Thies

    An app developed by a two telecommunications design engineers in Senegal is helping to connect hospitals with blood donors. The app alerts donors in nearby areas when blood is needed and sends "messages of thanks and donation reminders," which has helped to decrease the regional stigma about donating blood. Although the technology has not achieved widespread adoption, where it has been used, blood donations have significantly increased.

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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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    Under 800 Words

    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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  • The Navajo Nation and White Mountain Apache Tribe chase down a virus

    August 28, 2020 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona

    The White Mountain Apache and the Navajo Nation are using contact tracing to not just slow the spread of coronavirus but to "completely contain" it in their communities, and they are already seeing success from their aggressive efforts. The tribes originally had some of the highest numbers of cases, but according to a local epidemiologist and physician at Whiteriver Indian Hospital, they have now “seen a significant decline in cases on the reservation at the same time that things were on fire for the rest of the state."

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  • How Many Coronavirus Cases Are Happening In Schools? This Tracker Keeps Count

    August 28, 2020 |

    NPR |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Kansas

    The National Education Association has launched a school-focused COVID-19 case tracker in the U.S., all thank to the efforts of a Kansas theater teacher. Alisha Morris started with an excel sheet and took to online searches to start logging the number of positive cases, first around her state, and later was tracking 48 U.S. states. By the time she handed off the data to the NEA, Morris, along with various volunteers "had logged over nearly 4,300 cases at more than 1,000 schools."

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