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Front Lines of COVID-19: How little is known about this ‘diabolical’ new virus

A medical crisis response team from Utah’s Intermountain Healthcare is in New York City helping in hospitals stretched to their limits because of the coronavirus outbreak. A member of the Utah team, Dr. RJ Bunnell, is keeping an audio journal of his experience for KCPW. In this entry we hear about some of the challenges…

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The regional toll of an earlier pandemic, and coronavirus’s outsized impact on the Navajo Nation

Today on In the Hive we take a look back at how Utah experienced the 1918 Flu pandemic that killed as many as 50 million people worldwide. That pandemic had a disproportionate impact on the Navajo Nation, and it would appear that history is repeating itself. We’ll hear from a Navajo author and journalist about…

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Front Lines of COVID-19: What people united by a common purpose can accomplish

A team of doctors from Utah’s Intermountain Healthcare is in New York City and the surrounding metropolitan area providing assistance to hospitals there during the coronovairus outbreak. One of the members of the team is documenting the experience through a series of audio postcards. For his latest entry to KCPW’s COVID-19 diaries, Dr. RJ Bunnell…

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Front lines of COVID-19: Beyond the noise, data from one hospital shows what really happened

Dr. RJ Bunell is leading one of two teams of Utah medical staff providing relief to New York City hospitals hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. For this COVID-19 audio diary entry, Bunnell describes the real picture – beyond the politics – of what’s happening on the front lines of this crisis.

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Front Lines of COVID-19: Personal tragedies behind the statistics

Dr. RJ Bunnell is part of a team of Utah medical staff in New York working to help hospitals strained to their maximum because of the coronavirus pandemic. In his latest entry to KCPW’s COVID-19 diaries, Dr. Bunnell examines the toll the disease is taking on everyday New Yorkers.

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Front lines of COVID-19: A new normal for patients and doctors in New York

A medical crisis response team from Utah’s Intermountain Healthcare is in New York City and the surrounding metropolitan area providing assistance to overburdened hospitals there during the coronovirus outbreak. One of the members of the team, Dr. RJ Bunnell, is keeping an audio journal of his experience for KCPW. This is his second entry to…

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Front lines of COVID-19: Utah doctor narrates his New York crisis response experience

A medical crisis response team from Utah’s Intermountain Healthcare is in New York City and the surrounding metropolitan area providing assistance to hospitals there during the coronovairus outbreak. One of the members of the Utah team, Dr. RJ Bunnell, is documenting his experience in the form of an audio journal. This is his first entry…

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In the Hive

Policing during a pandemic and when staying home isn’t staying safe

Today on In the Hive, how the work of policing has changed in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Also, with police reporting an uptick in domestic violence calls, we hear about the work YWCA Utah is doing to help those for whom staying home isn’t staying safe. Guests: Gregory Wilking, Salt Lake City Police…

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COVID-19 science and health Q&A revisited. What have we learned in the past three weeks?

Three weeks ago we hosted a live Q-and-A on COVID-19. Today on In the Hive we revisit that conversation and speak again to two health researchers to hear what we’ve learned in the intervening weeks about the novel coronavirus. Guests: Lindsay Keegan, Research Assistant Professor and Epidemiologist at the University of Utah School of Medicine…

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Forgivable loans to pay your employees and a hotline to connect you with economic help

Today on In the Hive we examine some of the resources available to help businesses and organizations weather the financial turmoil caused by COVID-19. In particular, the Paycheck Protection Program which offers Small Business Association (SBA) loans to help businesses keep workers on their payrolls. Loans will be forgiven if all employees are kept on…

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