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• CDC study suggests inmates should have been tested in mass

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  The study examined 13 prisons and jails in California, Colorado, Ohio and Texas, and three federal prisons in states that weren't identified

• Can sleuthing city sewers for the coronavirus help halt a potential 2nd wave?

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  From mitigating contagions to combating the opioid crisis, surveilling wastewater should be part of every city’s public health toolbox

• Must-know grant data resources for back to school 2020

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  There are really no good options for returning to school this fall, but these resources may be able to help with much-needed funding

• How community paramedics are helping San Diego protect its homeless population from COVID-19

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  “Community paramedics hold a unique skill set to address the overlapping mental, medical and social conditions that homeless individuals may be presenting”

• Trump signs first responders COVID-19 benefits bill into law

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  The law extends death benefits to public safety officers who die as a result of COVID-19

• Twitter posts show that people are profoundly sad – and are visiting parks to cheer up

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  Research has shown that parks keep people happy in times of global crisis, economic shutdown and public anger

• National reporting tool for unmet EMS COVID-19 needs launched

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  EMS agencies are encouraged to report their unmet needs, such as personnel or PPE shortages, using the online form

• Mass. EMS builds testing sites in 2 hours to adapt to virus trends

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  Fallon Ambulance EMS Director Kevin Mont said the agency has the process of setting up efficient, portable testing sites across the region "down to a pretty good science"

• San Francisco puts community paramedics on front lines of the pandemic

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  The community paramedicine pilot has demonstrated that expanding paramedics’ job capacities can meaningfully reduce pressure on emergency department services

• W.Va. governor criticized for using CARES Act funds for 'medical access road' maintenance

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  Gov. Jim Justice initially allocated $100 million to maintenance of 95 roadways he calls "COVID-19 highways"

• Patients will do their own nose swabs at Las Vegas test site

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  City employees demonstrated the self-administering of the tests in a video

• House passes childcare bills as element of recovery

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  Childcare, school reopening intertwined with 2020 politics

• Face masks: Here’s what cops, firefighters, medics and COs have to say about use, policy and effectiveness

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  Nearly one-third of public safety personnel do not get a department-issued face mask, plus other key findings from nearly 4,000 survey responses

• Election 2020 through the eyes of a Massachusetts poll worker

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  An elections worker in Salem talks civic pride, vote integrity and pandemic preparedness

• US agency: Pandemic masks thwart face recognition tech up to 50% of the time

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  Under ideal conditions, the failure rate for the best algorithms is only about 0.3%, according to a study by the National Institute of Standards and Technology

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