Multigenerational living fuels COVID disparities in Chicago
In suburban Chicago multigenerational households strain under the pandemic as 24 year old Francy Sandoval remains at a high risk front desk job. Immigrant families face economic pressure, crowded homes and limited ability to telework. Experts note higher infection risk for communities of color and urge targeted protections. The piece follows patients, workers and families coping with cramped quarters and fear.
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Chicago
Francy Sandoval
Sandoval
Colombia
U.S
Richard Fry
Pew Research Center
Fry
World
Spain
Italy
The
Nonpartisan Economic Policy Institute
Anthony Travis
Travis
Garth Walker
Chicago Veterans’ Hospital
Virus delay tests Arctic MOSAIC mission amid quarantine
Dozens of scientists aboard the German polar research vessel Polarstern remain in isolation in Bremerhaven as a pandemic delays the year-long MOSAIC Arctic expedition. With 17 nations represented, the crew faces a three week rendezvous to exchange personnel while crucial data collection proceeds despite early sea ice cracking and possible loss of instruments.
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Berlin
All-Clear
Polarstern
High Arctic
Matthew Shupe
University of Colorado
Associated Press
Bremerhaven
Alfred Wegener Institute For Polar and Ocean Research
Canada
Arctic
Shupe
United States
France
China
Britain
Manuel Ernst
Alfred-Wegner-Institut
Philadelphia Orchestra Helps Student Salvage Recital Online
Brooke Mead a 23 year old viola student had her Temple University recital canceled by coronavirus concerns. She nearly stopped practicing until an online Q A session with the Philadelphia Orchestra led to a live webcast recital as the lead in to a rebroadcast. Yumi Kendall assisted Mead and the orchestra’s leadership integrated the performance into its platform. The event drew viewers worldwide as Mead performed Bach Hindemith and Ungar with a limited in person audience of roommates and a dog.
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Brooke Mead
Philadelphia Orchestra
Temple University
Philadelphia
Mead
Orchestra
Yumi Kendall
Kendall
Matias Tarnopolsky
Johann Sebastian Bach
Jean Paul Hindemith
Jay Ungar
Alan Abel
Lancaster
Pennsylvania
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Willie Briscoe
Milwaukee
Melrose Park
Ill
Nam Y. Huh
Arctic Science
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