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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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North Dakota, Which Hasn’t Mandated Mask-wearing, Now Has Country’s Highest Infection Rate
EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: Newsweek — Friday, September 18, 2020
OVERVIEW:
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North Dakota, Which Hasn’t Mandated Mask-wearing, Now Has Country’s Highest Infection Rate
EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: Newsweek — Friday, September 18, 2020
OVERVIEW: As the coronavirus situation improves in some parts of the United States, the Midwest now appears to be bearing the brunt of the outbreak, with North Dakota, in particular—a state with no mask mandate—seeing a notable spike in new cases. …
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No Lockdown, No Problem, Says Nebraska GOP Guv as Cases Rise
EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: The Daily Beast — Wednesday, September 16, 2020
OVERVIEW: Republican Gov. Pete Ricketts has made bringing more of a sense of normalcy back to Nebraska a top priority, even if it amounts to a potentially dangerous decision during the coronavirus pandemic. …
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No Lockdown, No Problem, Says Nebraska GOP Guv as Cases Rise
EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: Daily Beast — Wednesday, September 16, 2020
OVERVIEW:
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For professional sports, life in the bubble may be the answer
EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: The Review — Saturday, September 5, 2020
OVERVIEW: Professional sports was one of many major American norms stripped away by the coronavirus pandemic. Their return is a small victory for many, although the games will come with numerous new obstacles. …
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EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: the review — Saturday, September 5, 2020
OVERVIEW:
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That COVID-19 baby boom might be more of a bust
EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: The Philadelphia Inquirer — Friday, September 4, 2020
OVERVIEW: Remember those jokes about ‘coronial’ and quarantines’ due to widespread lockdowns? Well, it’s more complicated than that. …
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That COVID-19 baby boom might be more of a bust
EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: The Philadelphia Inquirer — Friday, September 4, 2020
OVERVIEW:
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Nearly a third of Americans worry about having their work hours cut or losing their jobs
EXPERT: Jenn Trivedi
FEATURED IN: MARKETPLACE — Tuesday, September 1, 2020
OVERVIEW:
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Nearly a third of Americans worry about having their work hours cut or losing their jobs
EXPERT: Jennifer Trivedi
FEATURED IN: Marketplace — Tuesday, September 1, 2020
OVERVIEW: We talk a lot about what the pandemic is doing to the economy — how it’s showing up in the jobs numbers, in retail sales, bankruptcies, you name it. But there’s another part of it which is how the economy feels — how it makes us feel. …
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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
OVERVIEW:
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Does rain wash away COVID-19 coronavirus?
EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: Forbes.com — Thursday, April 30, 2020
OVERVIEW:
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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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