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Health Risks Are Rising in Mountain Areas Flooded by Hurricane Helene and Cut Off From Clean Water, Power and Hospitals
EXPERT: Sarabeth Baxter Lowe
FEATURED IN: The Conversation — Tuesday, October 1, 2024
OVERVIEW: Hurricane Helene’s flooding has subsided, but health risks are growing in hard-hit regions of the North Carolina mountains, where many people lost . . .
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Planning Now for the Disasters of Tomorrow
EXPERT: Jennifer M Trivedi
FEATURED IN: UDaily — Saturday, August 10, 2024
OVERVIEW: “Disasters know no boundary lines. Floods, earthquakes, wildfires, hurricanes, tornadoes, drought, conflict — they happen anywhere and everywhere on . . .
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How heat and a hurricane combined for misery in Houston
EXPERT: Jennifer M Trivedi
FEATURED IN: E&E News by Politico — Friday, July 19, 2024
OVERVIEW: “Compound disasters such as hurricanes and heat waves are increasingly testing Texas and other states along the Gulf of Mexico, said Jennifer Trivedi, . . .
“‘There’s a phrase people use: “There’s’ no such thing as a natural disaster,”‘ Trivedi said. ‘Really what we mean by that is there is always some sort of human intervention, human decision-making, human structures that are shaping the systems that really ramp a hazard into a disaster.’ […]”
“At the same time, experts say equitable citywide access to cooling centers and other emergency resources is crucial for protecting vulnerable populations when the lights do go out. And, in the long term, building up climate resilience in socially vulnerable communities is key to better outcomes when disasters strike. ‘It really is an equity question,’ Trivedi said. ‘That’s something that has to be part of these conversations.’ […]”
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Nine face mask myths you need to stop believing right this minute
EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: WellandGood.com — Wednesday, July 15, 2020
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The Day: Hijacking the Pandemic
EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: DW.com — Wednesday, July 15, 2020
OVERVIEW: The Trump administration has ordered hospitals to send COVID-19 data directly to Washington, bypassing the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). It’s raising fears over transparency. This comes amid promising results from an early vaccine, which showed an immune response in volunteers. The Day’s Brent Goff spoke with leading US epidemiologist, Professor Jennifer Horney.
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EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: Elemental.com — Monday, July 13, 2020
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EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: ScienceMag.org — Friday, July 10, 2020
OVERVIEW: Vulnerable communities are being hit hard by COVID-19 and race and ethnicity information is missing from about half of the country’s reported cases. Jennifer Horney, founding director of UD’s epidemiology program, and post-doctoral researcher Ibraheem Karaye, are mentioned for their new research examining county-by-county COVID-19 data and comparing it to the CDC’s social vulnerability index.
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Huge hole in COVID-19 testing data makes it harder to study racial disparities
EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: ScienceMag.org — Friday, July 10, 2020
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EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: AlJazeera.com — Tuesday, July 7, 2020
OVERVIEW: Jennifer Horney, core faculty with the Disaster Research Center, speaks with Alan Fisher of Al Jazeera. (Video)
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New data shows Delaware ranks among worst in nation for future flood risk
EXPERT: Shangjia Dong
FEATURED IN: The News Journal — Tuesday, July 7, 2020
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Delaware COVID-19 contact tracers really need you to answer your phone
EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: The News Journal — Monday, July 6, 2020
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EXPERT: A.R. Siders
FEATURED IN: The Huffington Post — Sunday, July 5, 2020
OVERVIEW: When buying a home, there are online tools to help consumers identify the school ratings or crime statistics for different neighborhoods. But there’s no such easy way to track the flood risk of different areas. A.R. Siders, Disaster Research Center, on concerns that FEMA’s efforts to revise flood maps will drive down prices in risky areas, making these places attractive to low-income people who can least afford to recover from flooding events.
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Gyms may be reopening, but is it actually safe to go?
EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: WellandGood.com — Saturday, July 4, 2020
OVERVIEW: Jennifer Horney, core faculty with the Disaster Research Center, compares Norway’s reopening of gyms and the statistics surrounding the move with what may play out in the United States.
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Disaster science reaches out
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FEATURED IN: UDaily, University of Delaware — Wednesday, June 10, 2020
OVERVIEW: The Disaster Research Center has added a new public outreach service in which graduates tudents compile high-quality research on a variety of topics and summarize it in ways that are clear and easy to understand.
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Why tracing coronavirus cases from the Black Lives Matter protests could be nearly impossible
EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: Insider.com — Tuesday, June 9, 2020
OVERVIEW: “Potential exposure in a protest setting is a challenge for contract tracing,” Jen Horney, founding director of the University of Delaware’s epidemiology program, told Insider.
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Maine CDC begin providing almost daily numbers for negative COVID-19 tests
EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: Portland Press Herald — Monday, June 8, 2020
OVERVIEW: If the agency succeeds in reporting the information daily, it would provide critical information for Maine on understanding the incidence of the disease among people with and without symptoms, said Dr. Jennifer Horney, founding director of the epidemiology program and core faculty with the Disaster Research Center at the University of Delaware.
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Protest Crowds and Coronavirus Risk
EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: Everyday Health — Saturday, June 6, 2020
OVERVIEW: In the time of coronavirus, protests may be seen as “seeding events” or “super-spreader” incidents. Jennifer Horney, Disaster Research Center, on steps people can take to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission if attending a protest.
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Will the protests roiling America fuel new coronavirus outbreaks?
EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: Everyday Health — Saturday, June 6, 2020
OVERVIEW: Jennifer Horney, PhD, professor of epidemiology and core faculty with the Disaster Research Center at the University of Delaware in Newark, says there are many ways people can reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission if attending a protest.
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Epidemiologists and contact tracers are disease detectives
EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: Delaware State News — Tuesday, June 2, 2020
OVERVIEW: This article, written by Dr. Jennifer Horney and Colten Strickland, explains the work done by epidemiologists in a pandemic.
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Social v. Science: Finding the middle group as pandemic restrictions loosen
EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: Delaware State News — Friday, May 29, 2020
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#54 COVIDCalls 5.28.2020 – Public Health Update + Disaster Research w/ Tricia Wachtendorf
EXPERT: Tricia Wachtendorf
FEATURED IN: Youtube — Thursday, May 28, 2020
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COVIDCalls: Esther Chernak and Tricia Wachtendorf
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FEATURED IN: Scott Gabriel Knowles-COVID-Calls — Thursday, May 28, 2020
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What you need to know? Time to jump back in the pool
EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: Georgia Public Broadcasting — Tuesday, May 26, 2020
OVERVIEW: Epidemiologist Jennifer Horney of the University of Delaware says the actual water is safe, but she says pool operators should follow CDC guidelines before re-opening.
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