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Scientist at work: Measuring public health impacts after disasters

  • Written by Jennifer Horney, Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatictics, Texas A&M University
imageCrews clean up debris in a neighborhood flooded by Hurricane Harvey in Beaumont, Texas, Sept. 26, 2017. AP Photo/David Goldman

Two months after Hurricane Harvey submerged much of metropolitan Houston, recovery is under way across the city. Residents and volunteers are gutting and restoring flooded homes. Government agencies and nonprofit...

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