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Source: Reuters [7], 04/14/2020

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Go-To Books for Understanding and Surviving a Pandemic [8]

If you’re looking for perspective in your reporting connected with the coronavirus story, it might help to turn to the extensive library of non-fiction books offering insight into disease and epidemics. Our own Bob Wyss offers a helping hand, with a select list of the most useful texts. Plus, links to resource lists for many more, in the latest BookShelf.

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Federal Coronavirus Relief Bills: What Do They Mean for Nonprofits? [24]

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Coronovirus Relief Programs, Loans, Grants [22]

Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) for Nonprofits (Overview [23])

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April 8, 2020

After the Pandemic: Health Care in Crisis [27]

The pandemic has laid bare the poor condition of health systems around the world and shows that health care as a human right remains elusive for many people. The current health crisis is severely affecting low-income communities and people of color. And that won’t end when the pandemic does – the health impacts of climate change will keep those challenges alive. What steps must be taken now to protect those most vulnerable? A discussion for journalists. 11:00 a.m. ET; registration required.

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Black Americans Face High Rates of Coronavirus Infection in Some States [31]

"In Louisiana, one of the states most devastated by the coronavirus, about 70 percent of the people who have died are African-American, officials announced on Monday, though only a third of the state’s population is black."

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Source: NY Times [32], 04/07/2020

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Tribes Have Highest Rates Of Diseases That Make COVID-19 More Lethal [33]

"They hastily piled all the dumbbells and treadmills in the back of a gym to make room for 23 extra hospital beds. The beds aren’t needed yet, but on a reservation where residents suffer high rates of diseases that exist throughout Indian Country, the Lummi Tribal Health Clinic is taking every precaution to prepare for the deadly coronavirus."

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Source: Washington Post [34], 04/06/2020

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"Public Health: Years Of Toxic Leaks Raise Cancer Risk In Refinery Town" [35]

"ARTESIA, N.M. — When the new pastor arrived at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church a few years back, he was struck by the sight and smell of the towering refinery a block east of his chapel. The Rev. A.L. Vijaya Raju had a question: Were fumes from the flares, pipes and tanks to blame for breathing problems afflicting some parishioners?"

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Source: Greenwire [40], 04/03/2020

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"Those Without Broadband Struggle In A Stuck-At-Home Nation" [41]

"In Sandwich, New Hampshire, a town of 1,200 best known as a setting for the movie “On Golden Pond,” broadband is scarce. Forget streaming Netflix, much less working or studying from home. Even the police department has trouble uploading its reports."

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Source: AP [43], 04/01/2020

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"Heroes Of Another Kind" [44]

"Covid-19 has made heroes out of millions of healthcare workers. Here are a few reporters that have earned our thanks, too."

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Source: EHN [45], 03/30/2020

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Tribe That Drew Trump’s Fire Over Casino Loses Its Reservation Status [46]

"The U.S. Interior Department is rescinding the reservation status of a Native American tribe whose plan to build a casino on its Massachusetts land was attacked by President Donald Trump last year."

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