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The Trump Administration has weakened disaster preparation and response. Here's what that would mean for Louisiana in the event of a hurricane.

Disasters have a clear toll on individual and population health. As many as 14% of youth in the United States experience a disaster before reaching adulthood (Becker-Blease et al., 2010). Further, ...

Natural disasters impose significant and growing burdens on economies worldwide. Direct losses, including damage to infrastructure, housing and productive capital, are complemented by indirect losses ...

Throughout the first week of April, the state of Kentucky witnessed flooding, due to heavy rains, specifically in the Franklin County. The reason being, it is located on the Kentucky River for over ...

TAMPA, Fla. — A new study from the Institute for Global Health found that domestic violence rates increase after natural disasters. According to local organizations, the trend underscores the urgent ...

This study examines the impact of geographically limited disasters on health care quality performance scores of Medicare Advantage contracts, finding limited impact on performance scores. Objective: ...

The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and chair Sen. Lisa Murkowski will appear in person at the YKHC hospital on May 6 to ...

The Committee on Compounding Disasters in Gulf Coast Communities, 2020–2021 recognizes the important contribution of terms and definitions offered previously by scholars and researchers and reflected ...

Likely one of the major decision in life is where to live: state, city and neighborhood. While most people are totally oblivious to the possible impacts of a disaster on where they want to live, now ...