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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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New book details the recovery and provides lessons for current hurricane season
EXPERT: Jennifer Trivedi
FEATURED IN: UDaily — Friday, August 28, 2020
OVERVIEW: It was around this time 15 years ago that University of Delaware Assistant Professor Jennifer Trivedi was calling people she knew in Biloxi, Mississippi to see if they were evacuating the coast as Hurricane Katrina made its way into the Gulf of Mexico. They were not. …
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If someone in school tests psitive for COVID-19, who gets notified?
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FEATURED IN: DelawareOnline.com — Monday, August 17, 2020
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EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: Delaware Online — Monday, August 17, 2020
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Title: Parents want to know: If someone in school tests positive for COVID-19, who gets notified?
EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: DelawareOnline.com — Monday, August 17, 2020
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The ‘Second Wave’ Is Still to Come and the U.S. Has No Specific Plan to Deal With It
EXPERT: Tricia Wachtendorf
FEATURED IN: Newsweek — Tuesday, August 11, 2020
OVERVIEW: Tricia Wachtendorf, director of the Disaster Research Center at the University of Delaware, told Newsweek that having a decentralized approach to COVID-19 is important, so people within localities are able to provide the resources required. “That said, a protracted response, like we are experiencing with COVID, allows for greater coordinated decision-making. That should be taken advantage of…. We are not even getting consistent information coming from a national level. It’s difficult to operate effectively in a decentralized way if people don’t have the information they need and are not operating on a shared vision.”
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The ‘Second Wave’ Is Still to Come and the U.S. Has No Specific Plan to Deal With It
EXPERT: Tricia Wachtendorf
FEATURED IN: Newsweek — Tuesday, August 11, 2020
OVERVIEW: The U.S. is the world’s worst-affected country in terms of COVID-19 cases, having recently surpassed the five million milestone. However, the number of new cases across the country appears to be plateauing—albeit at around 50,000 per day—after rising exponentially since the first was confirmed in the country in January. …
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Rural America Could Be the Region Hardest Hit by the COVID-19 Outbreak
EXPERT: Tricia Wachtendorf
FEATURED IN: Healthline — Monday, August 3, 2020
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EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: The News Journal — Tuesday, July 28, 2020
OVERVIEW: Article features Jennifer Horney, core faculty with the UD Disaster Research Center.
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EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: WellandGood.com — Tuesday, July 28, 2020
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EXPERT: Sarah DeYoung
FEATURED IN: Healthline.com — Saturday, July 25, 2020
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6 Myths About COVID-19 Doctors Need You To Stop Believing Right Now
EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: Well+Good — Monday, October 26, 2020
OVERVIEW: We’re heading in the wrong direction. The United States has recorded more than 8.6 million cases of the coronavirus—5 percent of them just last week. Scientists and doctors know so much more about the virus than they did 10 months ago yet myths and misinformation abound concerning how people contract and recover from COVID-19. The coronavirus is pushing hospitals to the brink as its spread shows no signs of slowing down. The third surge of the COVID-19 pandemic has arrived. …
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6 Myths About COVID-19 Doctors Need You To Stop Believing Right Now
EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: WELL+GOOD — Monday, October 26, 2020
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Listeria Outbreak Linked to Deli Meat
EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: Everyday Health — Sunday, October 25, 2020
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Americans Should Brace for 100,000 New COVID Cases a Day, Experts Say
EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: Daily Beast — Sunday, October 25, 2020
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Even the Author of That Viral Study Says Mouthwash Does *Not* Protect You From COVID-19
EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: WELL+GOOD — Thursday, October 22, 2020
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Hurricane Delta aims for ‘devil’s playground’
EXPERT: Jenn Trivedi
FEATURED IN: E&E News — Saturday, October 10, 2020
OVERVIEW: “With adaptation and resilience, we can get caught up in talking about things like managed retreat and home buyouts and things like that,” said Jennifer Trivedi, assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Delaware. “But for a lot of people it comes down to a simple question, ‘What do I need to survive? Once I know that I’m going to make the best choice for me and for my family.'”
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EXPERT: Trivedi Jennifer
FEATURED IN: E&E News — Friday, October 9, 2020
OVERVIEW: Six weeks ago, Hurricane Laura brought 150 mph winds and a 10 foot storm surge over their doorsteps, leaving behind wreckage and mostly unlivable houses with no power, water, gas or cellphone service. …
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Multiple Disasters Strain Response Systems, Slow Recovery, and Deepen Inequity
EXPERT: Tricia Wachtendorf
FEATURED IN: Direct Relief — Wednesday, October 7, 2020
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EXPERT: Tricia Wachtendorf
FEATURED IN: The New York Times — Saturday, September 19, 2020
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Pack a ‘Go Bag’ Now
EXPERT: Tricia Wachtendorf
FEATURED IN: The New York Times — Saturday, September 19, 2020
OVERVIEW: “The more you plan and the more you prepare for an emergency, the more mental space you have to deal with the things you need to improvise when the emergency hits,” — Tricia Wachtendorf
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