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  • How British Scientists Found the More Infectious Coronavirus Variant

    Benjamin Mueller

    January 16, 2021 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, Cambridge

    In March when fewer than 100 coronavirus infections had been found in the U.K, researchers in Cambridge decided to begin sequencing coronavirus samples as part of an "unparalleled surveillance system for Covid" that could identify and track possible mutations or the virus. This effort – which involves labs sending leftover material from testing swabs to the researcher's genomics lab where they are stored and analyzed – has culminated in hundreds of thousands of genome sequences and "sounded an alarm for the world" about the new fast-spreading variant.

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  • Telemedicine Arrives in the U.K.: ‘10 Years of Change in One Week'

    Benjamin Mueller

    April 04, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United Kingdom, London

    Social distancing is as necessary to protect healthcare providers as it is anyone else, so primary care providers in the U.K. are begrudgingly making the move to telemedicine—meeting with and diagnosing patients over a video call. Neighborhood doctors say the new approach saves them time, and telemedicine companies say that demand and orders have increased over 70%. Doctors have also set up "dirty zones" to check possibly infected patients, and "safe zones" to see patients with other ailments.

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  • In Bid to Build Trust, New York City Adds Victims' Allies in All Precincts

    Benjamin Mueller

    October 26, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Victims of crime suffer a myriad of issues and there haven't been systems in place to support them. 'Safe Horizon' has developed a program to put advocates in each precinct in New York to work with the victims and help provide services.

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