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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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Newark rally calls for action on climate change
EXPERT: Sarah DeYoung
FEATURED IN: Newark Post Online — Monday, November 8, 2021
OVERVIEW: More than 100 demonstrators gathered in Newark’s Kells Park on Sunday during a rally calling for action on climate change. The rally was planned to coincide with the COP26 Climate Summit in Scotland, where world leaders have gathered to discuss ways to combat climate change. …
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New study shows pandemic response has swamped workforce and crippled other services
EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: UDaily — Thursday, October 21, 2021
OVERVIEW: The cruel impact of COVID-19, the virus that emerged in late 2019 and has claimed 5 million lives to date, is chronicled in daily headlines. It has robbed us of loved ones, jobs, plans and so much more. The impact on those who treat the sick and dying has been the focus of much study and the exhaustion of health care workers pulling extra shifts and covering for inadequate staffing is well documented. …
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All Animals Must Be Safe and Sound During Disasters
EXPERT: Sarah DeYoung
FEATURED IN: Psychology Today — Friday, September 17, 2021
OVERVIEW: I recently read a riveting and most important book by Drs. Sarah DeYoung and Ashley Farmer titled All Creatures Safe and Sound: The Social Landscape of Pets in Disasters, in which the authors offer, “a comprehensive study of what goes wrong in our disaster response that shows how people can better manage pets in emergencies—from the household level to the large-scale, national level,” and conducted on-the-ground research at seven recent disasters in the United States. …
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All Animals Must Be Safe and Sound During Disasters
EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: Psychology Today — Friday, September 17, 2021
OVERVIEW: Introducing a new book by Drs. Sarah DeYoung and Ashley Farmer! Deyoung and Farmer wrote this book because, despite the passage of the 2006 PETS Act, pets are still left behind in disasters and people still engage in evacuation refusal if they cannot easily bring their pets with them. During Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Harvey, there were national news stories about dogs stranded in flood waters and [the authors] felt that it was critical to identify the key social and behavioral factors that led to these scenarios, while also recognizing the complexities that affect these decisions.
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Phill-area COVID-19 cases are leveling off, but health community is ‘bracing for an uptick’ heading into fall
EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: The Philadelphia Inquirer — Thursday, September 9, 2021
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EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: The Philadelphia Inquirer — Thursday, September 9, 2021
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Strain of pandemic harms mental health of public health workers
EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: — Wednesday, September 1, 2021
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EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: Delaware Public Media — Wednesday, August 18, 2021
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State says its ready distribute covid booster shots
EXPERT: Jennifer A. Horney
FEATURED IN: Delaware Public Media — Wednesday, August 18, 2021
OVERVIEW: The Nation’s Health, A Publication of the American Public Health Association, Strain of pandemic harms mental health of public health workers, September 2021. Delaware Public Media, The state says it’s ready to distribute COVID booster shots, August 18, 2021.
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PA, NJ, and Delaware leaders weigh vaccine-verification options, but largely hold off on mandates
EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: The Philadelphia Inquirer — Monday, August 9, 2021
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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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