A technique that zaps airborne viruses with a narrow-wavelength band of UV light shows promise for curtailing the person-to-person spread of COVID-19 in indoor public places. The technology, developed by Columbia University’s Center for Radiological Research, uses lamps that emit continuous, low doses of a particular wavelength of ultraviolent light, known as far-UVC, which can kill viruses and bacteria without harming human skin, eyes and other tissues, as is the problem with conventional UV light.
- PUB DATE: 4/22/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Columbia News

For one Good Samaritan group in southern Georgia, good things come in threes. The coronavirus has sickened 19,398 people in Georgia and killed 774 people as of this writing, straining the resources of first responders. The Community Warriors, a volunteer group known for its benevolent deeds in and around Columbus, Ga.
- PUB DATE: 4/22/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fox News

Governor Janet Mills' administration announced Tuesday the launch of a new volunteer phone support service, the FrontLine WarmLine, to help Maine health care workers and first responders manage the stress of serving on the front lines of the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The FrontLine Warmline serves health care professionals, such as physicians, nurses and counselors, as well as emergency medical services personnel, law enforcement, and others who are directly responding to the pandemic in Maine.
- PUB DATE: 4/22/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCSH-TV NBC 6 Portland

The shortage of PPE is getting worse, with hundreds of medical professionals and first responders paying the ultimate price. But if the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that people are resourceful. Scientists at a crime lab in Kansas, for example, deduced a method to use evidence drying cabinets to decontaminate N95 masks for multiple uses.
- PUB DATE: 4/22/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Labratory Equipment

Yakima police arrested a man after they say he admitted to starting a fire inside of a truck, causing damages to a home garage and another vehicle. Police received a dispatch call about a garage fire incident located at the 500 block of N. 16th Ave. at about 4:20 a.m. on Monday. A homeowner told an officer woke up to an alarm on his cellphone alerting that the motion sensors on his surveillance cameras were activated in the garage.
- PUB DATE: 4/22/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS News Yakima