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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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LabWare rolling out test kit to address nationwide data-collection gaps
EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: Delaware Business Times — Monday, May 4, 2020
OVERVIEW: LabWare, the leading global provider of enterprise software for testing laboratories, has created a COVID-19 test kit that will help states and hospitals eliminate the paperwork at collection sites, reduce the turnaround for test results, and streamline distribution of the results. …
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LabWare rolling out test kit to address nationwide data-collection gaps
EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: Delaware Business Times — Monday, May 4, 2020
OVERVIEW: Jennifer Horney, professor of epidemiology at the University of Delaware, discusses the importance of timely surveillance data to prevent a full-blown second wave of COVID-19.
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LabWare rolling out test kit to address nationwide data-collection gaps
EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: Delaware Business Times — Monday, May 4, 2020
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Does rain wash away COVID-19 coronavirus?
EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: Forbes.com — Thursday, April 30, 2020
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Statewide COVID-19 testing plan could become a reality
EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: Delaware Business Times — Wednesday, April 29, 2020
OVERVIEW: Jennifer Horney of the UD Disaster Research Center is one of several experts weighing in on Delaware’s COVID-19 plan moving forward.
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Statewide COVID-19 testing plan could become a reality, April 29, 2020
EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: Delaware Business Times — Wednesday, April 29, 2020
OVERVIEW: Article mentions Scan Delaware Health and Jennifer Horney, core faculty with the University of Delaware’s Disaster Research Center.
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Contact tracing and COVID-19
EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: Delaware Department of Health and Social Services — Monday, April 27, 2020
OVERVIEW: Video featuring Jennifer Horney, core faculty of the University of Delaware’s Disaster Research Center.
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Second virus wave? Experts unsure about possibilities
EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: DelawareStateNews.com — Saturday, April 25, 2020
OVERVIEW: Jennifer Horney, professor founding director of the UD Epidemiology Program, weighs in on the uncertainty around the possibiltiy of a second wave of COVID-19.
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Despite calls for more COVID-19 testing in Arizona, the number of tests done each week has fallen
EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: AZCentral.com — Friday, April 24, 2020
OVERVIEW: Jennifer Horney, professor and founding director of the program in epidemiology at the University of Delaware, discusses the importance of testing for COVID-19.
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Air conditioning spread the coronavirus to 10 people sitting near an infected person in a restaurant. It has huge implications for the service industry
EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: BusinessInsider.com — Tuesday, April 21, 2020
OVERVIEW: Jennifer Horney, the founding director of the University of Delaware’s epidemiology program, told Business Insider that she foresees a slow relaxation of states’ or regions’ emergency orders, which would allow restaurants to reopen with some tweaks to traditional service.
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Does rain wash away coronavirus?
EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: Costa Rica News — Tuesday, May 26, 2020
OVERVIEW: Article mentions Dr. Jennifer Horney’s comments to WBOC regarding rainfall and the coronavirus.
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5 healthy hygiene habits you should definitely keep practicing post-pandemic
EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: WellandGood.com — Tuesday, May 19, 2020
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Maine reopening despite missed benchmarks, inadequate testing regime
EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: Portland Press Herald — Sunday, May 17, 2020
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EXPERT: Jenn Trivedi
FEATURED IN: The News & Observer — Wednesday, May 13, 2020
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Contract tracing and COVID-19 (Video)
EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: Delaware Department of Health and Social Services (Facebook) — Wednesday, May 13, 2020
OVERVIEW: Jennifer Horney of the UD Disaster Research Center is one of several experts interviewed by the Delaware DHSS in this video on contract tracing and COVID-19.
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Connecting Epidemiology and Planning
EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: Interact, the American Planning Association — Wednesday, May 13, 2020
OVERVIEW: Dr. Jennifer Horney, epidemiologist and disaster researcher at the University of Delaware, brings her expertise to some pressing public health questions: How can planners protect themselves when working onsite during the pandemic? How might planners serve as allies to medical and public health professionals?
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COVID-19 may change one common American behavior forever: Using Cash
EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: Inverse.com — Saturday, May 9, 2020
OVERVIEW: Jennifer Horney, an epidemiologist at the University of Delaware, tells Inverse there is evidence that coronavirus can persist on surfaces. But cash doesn’t appear to be uniquely risky.
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EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: Mashable.com — Friday, May 8, 2020
OVERVIEW: Jennifer Horney, the director of the Epidemiology program in the College of Health Sciences at the University of Delaware, shares insight on what early gatherings may look like.
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The recovery from Katrina was still underway when Deepwater Horizon happened
EXPERT: Jennifer Trivedi
FEATURED IN: The News & Observer — Thursday, May 7, 2020
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What Do We Make of Anti-Vaxxers In the Time of Coronavirus?
EXPERT: Sarah DeYoung
FEATURED IN: Fatherly.com — Thursday, May 7, 2020
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