2020 In The News

NCDP provides expert commentary on a wide range of topics pertaining to the Covid-19 pandemic, disaster preparedness and response, readiness of governmental and non-governmental systems; the complexities of population recovery; the power of community engagement; and the risks of human vulnerability, with a particular focus on children. This web page includes 2020 staff media features from NCDP. Please visit our Media Relations for more information.

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December

Leaning into uncertainty: A life of anticipating the worst-case scenario | 12/21/20, The Earth Institute, State of the Planet
H. Jack Geiger, Doctor who fought social ills, dies at 95 | 12/28/20, NY Times
Irwin Redlener, M.D. – Pandemic Resource and Response Initiative at Columbia Univ | 12/23/20, MindDog TV Podcast
Dr. Irwin Redlener: We have to ‘make sure we’re not stepping back’ from CDC guidelines over the holidays | 12/23/20, MSNBC
A Year in review: What to take forward from 2020 | 12/21/20, The Earth Institute, State of the Planet
How New York City vaccinated 6 million people in less than a month | 12/20/20, NY Times
Biden Must be ready for disaster. We mean that literally. | 12/16/20, The Daily Beast
CDC “vulnerability index” can help states determine distribution of COVID-19 vaccines | 12/15/20, Marketplace
Lean the virus: An opportunity for response redesign | 12/15/20, ASPA, PA Times
Sustain What: As Vaccines Flow, What’s Needed to Break the Pandemic Pipeline? | 12/11/20, The Earth Institute
US trucking, logistics sectors ready to mobilize for vaccine distribution | 12/10/20, Transport Topics
US records 209K+ new cases, 2,622 deaths on Tuesday | 12/9/20, MSNBC
Dr. Irwin Redlener – The Future of Us [Podcast] | 12/9/20, Tell Me Your Story – New Paradigms for the New World
Should COVID survivors go to the back of the line for the vaccine? | 12/8/20, The Daily Beast
How Cher made the most out of her 2020 | 12/7/20, Good Housekeeping
ow prepared is the United States for Covid-19 Vaccines? | 12/4/20, Montgomery Municipal Cable
Dr. Irwin Redlener on COVID | 12/4/20, MSNBC Peacock, The Zerlina Show
The average person will not be vaccinated ‘until at least the least the middle of 2021 | 12/2/20, MSNBC
Episode 1311: Our Children’s Future | 12,2,20, The Kathryn Zox Show

November

2020’s Safest Cities in America | 11/30/20, Wallet Hub
Micro-clusters, colored zones, & competing positivity rates: Why NYC school reopenings and shutdowns have become so complicated | 11/27/20, GoThamist
Jeffrey Schlegelmilch on COVID-19 and travel | 11/26/20, CGTN
Thanksgiving 2020: How to have a safe and happy celebration | 11/23/20, The Earth Institute, State of the Planet
Dr. Irwin Redlener “I think it’s really important for doom sayers to say something” | 11/20/20, The Stephanie Miller Show
Biden eyes more muscular use of Defense Law to boost PPE output | 11/20/20, Bloomberg
NYC Public Schools close as Covid-19 cases surge | 11/18/20, The 11th Hour MSNBC
Boys & Girls Club of New Rochelle receives $100K grant from CherCares | 11/16/20, The Patch
Will extreme weather keep getting worse? Here’s what scientists say. | 11/16/20, The Weather Channel
Don’t pop the champagne, but these vaccines could change the game | 11/16/20, The Daily Beast
US cases top 11 million | 11/16/20, The Mehdi Hasan Show
A city on the brink: New York braces for a second Covid-19 surge | 11/16/20, Politico NY
Thanksgiving for Life, 2020 (TG4L) | 11/16/20, Irwin Redlener
Innovating food supply chains for COVID-19 | 11/13/20, The Hill Opinion
These pandemic preppers are ready for whatever the hell is next | 11/13/20, Men’s Health
Dr. Irwin Redlener: Trump is a disruptor and isn’t going anywhere | 11/12/20, WCPT 820 News Radio, The Stephanie Miller Show
Dr. Irwin Redlener talks about President-elect Biden’s challenges going forward | 11/11/20, KNX 1070 News Radio
Will Fauci and Birx Stay on When Joe Biden Is President? | 11/9/20, Newsweek
‘Disasterologists’ Dissect Our Pandemic-Shaped Political Moment | 11/6/20, Sustain What, The Earth Institute
Dr. Irwin Redlener Explains Why Fast, Accurate, Affordable Testing Can Help Reopen | 11/5/20, SiriusXM
Looking Back Won’t Tell Us Everything We Need to Know About Grid Vulnerability | 11/4/20, The Hill Opinion

October

Trump Threatened To Withhold Aid From Pa. As Coronavirus Cases, Hospitalizations Surge. Here’s what you need to know. | 10/30/20, Spotlight PA
We are heading in the wrong direction. There’s no suggestion whatsoever that we will not reach 100,000 cases per day. | 10/29/20, Deadline White House
‘So Frustrating’: Grave Missteps Seen in US Virus Response | 10/29/20, AP
Current Data Gaps in Modeling Essential Worker Absenteeism Due to COVID-19 | 10/28/20, Journal of Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
Report: “130,000 – 210,000 Avoidable COVID-19 Deaths – And Counting In The U.S.” | 10/22/20, NCDP
Many U.S. Coronavirus Deaths were Avoidable | 10/22/20, Axios
Inadequate COVID-19 Response Likely Resulted in 130,000 – 210,000 Avoidable Deaths | 10/22/20, The Earth Institute State of the Planet
“Report: At Least 130,000 Covid-19 Deaths Were Avoidable, Trump Administration An ‘Abject Failure’” | 10/22/20, Forbes
Columbia University Study Says 130,000 Coronavirus Deaths Could Have Been Avoided if Trump Acted Right | 10/22/20, International Business Times
Columbia Report: US Could Have Avoided 130,000 COVID Deaths with Better Response | 10/22/20, The Hill
Columbia Report: U.S. Could Have Avoided Up To 210k Covid Deaths | 10/22/20, POLITICO Pulse
U.S. Adds Almost 63K COVID-19 Cases, More Than 1,100 Deaths | 10/22/20, Breitbart
WTVJ-MIA (NBC) – Miami, FL NBC 6 South Florida News at 5:30 pm | 10/22/20, NBC
KEYE-AUS (CBS) – Austin, TX CBS Austin News at 5pm | 10/22/20, CBS
News 12 Bronx – New York, NY | 10/22/20, News 12
KCAL-LA – Los Angeles, CA KCAL 9 News 10pm | 10/22/20, KCAL 9
CNN Newsroom with Brianna Keilar featuring Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, Columbia University | 10/22/20, CNN
Faulty US Covid-19 Response Meant 130,000 to 210,000 Avoidable Deaths, Report Finds | 10/22/20, CNN
CNN Debate Night in America featuring Dr. Sanjay Gupta | 10/22/20, CNN
New Day with Alisyn Camerota and John Berman | 10/22/20, CNN
222,000 Dead, But Trump Says America Is ‘Learning To Live With’ Coronavirus | 10/22/20, Huff Post
New Columbia Study Blames the White House for at Least 130,000 ‘Avoidable’ COVID Deaths | 10/21/20, The Daily Beast
No Sign of COVID-19 Spike Due To Louisiana Hurricane Evacuations Yet | 10/19/20, The Weather Channel
The COVID Recovery: Why It Could Take Years to Return to Normal | 10/17/20, WCBS 880 Radio
Sustain What: A Disaster-Focused Pediatrician on Childhood Dream | 10/16/20, The Earth Institute, Sustain What
2020 Breaks Billion-Dollar Natural Disasters Record in US | 10/16/20, Channel 3 WTKR Coastal VA, Northeast NC
What Happens When a Virus Crackdown Cuts Right Through a Neighborhood | 10/16/20, NY Times
New Fears that Second Wave of Coronavirus Pandemic Has Arrived | 10/15/20, MSNBC Deadline White House
Four Things To Do Long Before You Lose Power | 10/15/20, Popular Science
The Future of Us: What the Dreams of Children Mean for Twenty-First-Century America | 10/13/20, Columbia University Press
California Firefighters to Benefit from Entertainment Industry Foundation Campaign | 10/12/20, Fox Business
The Future of Us: What the Dreams of Children Mean for Twenty-First-Century America | 10/13/20, Columbia University Press
Scientists Are Struggling with the Feeling of Being Against a Rushed Vaccine | 10/9/20, Slate
Don’t Ever Use the Word Smart with Me | 10/9/20, Murray Ledger Times
How Will We Know a 2nd Virus Wave Has Arrived in N.Y.C.? | 10/8/20, NY Times
Questions Remain about Trump’s Experimental Covid-19 Treatment | 10/7/20, MSNBC The 11th Hour with Brian Williams
Without Random Testing, New York City and State Address Covid Outbreaks with Blinders | 10/6/20, Gotham Gazette
American Airlines Set to Bring Back Its London Flight at Charlotte Airport in Coming Weeks | 10/5/20, Charlotte Business Journal
Trump coronavirus: What are the medications he has been given and what are they supposed to do? | 10/5/20, Fox 13 Memphis
Dr. Redlener: I’m Concerned We Aren’t Getting the Full Story | 10/5/20, MSNBC
Medical Experts Question Massachusetts Move to Next Step Of Coronavirus Reopening | 10/5/20, The Boston Herald
‘It is Not Acceptable’: Cuomo, de Blasio at Odds as Covid Surges in New York | 10/5/20, Politico
COVID-Positive Trump Ignores CDC Advice to Take Joyride, With Grim Secret Service Agents in Tow | 10/4/20, The Daily Beast
Medical Experts Question Massachusetts Move to Next Step Of Coronavirus Reopening | 10/5/20, The Boston Herald
After Biden’s Exposure to Trump, His Team Is Cagey on Health Questions | 10/4/20, NY Times
Trump Receiving Remdesivir Antiviral Drug as Part of Experimental Treatment | 10/3/20, NBC
Trump Visited NC a Week Before Testing Positive for Coronavirus |10/2/20, WRAL.com
Presidential Campaign Upended After Trump Tests Positive for Coronavirus | 10/2/20, The Washington Post
Trump Buddies Are Boasting They Tested Negative. That Doesn’t Mean Anything | 10/2/20, The Daily Beast
Is NYC’s Second Wave on the Horizon? | 10/1/20, WNYC Brian Lehrer

September

E11 -Disaster Preparedness | 9/30/20, Riding the Wave
NYC COVID-19 Hotspot Skips Masks Because People Think They’re Immune | 9/30/20, The Daily Beast
Dr. Redlener: Back to School Has Been a ‘Complete Mess’ with ‘Confusing Messages’ | 9/24/20, MSNBC
How to Heal Emotional Wounds After A Disaster | 9/23/20, Investigate West and Center for Public Integrity, Columbia Journalism Investigations
Here’s What a Rushed Vaccine Rollout Might Look Like | 9/22/20, The Daily Beast
Dr. Redlener: If Things Don’t Change Dramatically, We Could Have ‘600,000 – 800,000 Fatalities’ | 9/18/20, MSNBC
The New Go Bag: What You Need in Your Emergency Escape Kit | 9/18/20, AARP
‘We Need to Catch Up.’ How the US Fell Behind on Child Vaccines | 9/17/20, PBS New Hour
Rethinking Readiness: A Brief Guide to Twenty-First-Century Megadisasters | 9/17/20, Cimpatico Studios
Cher Delivers A Powerful PSA For Hidalgo County, TX | 9/17/20, In collaboration with CherCares and PRRI Hidalgo County, TX
Episode 114: Disaster Preparedness, What’s Next, Making a Rebuilding Plan | 9/16/20, CBS – Off Script with Trish Glose
Nueva York Y Carolina Del Norte: Sus Estrategias Contra La Pandemia | 9/16/20, La Noticia
California fires: Blazes to get ‘A LOT’ Worse in the Future – Climate Warning | 9/15/20, Daily Express
Scientists Warn that Fires, Extreme Weather Events are Getting Worse | 9/14/20, Futurism
Will Extreme Weather Keep Getting Worse? Scientists Say Yes. | 9/11/20, The Weather Channel
From 9/11 to COVID-19: Old habits, Lessons Learned and Work to be Done | 9/11/20, Op-Ed by Jeff Schlegelmilch and Dr. Ellen P. Carlin, The Hill
22 NY Teachers Have COVID-19. And the Kids Haven’t Even Arrived. | 9/11/2020, The Daily Beast
Insurance Companies Face Their Own Risks as Wildfires Continue | 9/10/20, Marketplace
US Ends Airport Covid Screening of International Arrivals | 9/10/20, Bloomberg
How the Pandemic Destroyed Back-to-School Week | 9/8/20, Politico
Operation Warp Speed Promised to Do the Impossible. How Far Has it Come? | 9/8/20, Stat News
Jeffrey Schlegelmilch on How to Prepare for Disaster | 9/8/20, Slow Down Media Podcast
Coronavirus Updates: For A Month Straight, New York’s Infection Rate Stays Below 1% | 9/7/2020, Gothamist
Colleges’ Dilemma: Fight Outbreaks or Send Sick Kids Home | 9/5/2020, Politico
Is New York’s Infection Rate Artificially Low? | 9/5/2020, Gothamist
Ask the Experts: Sanity-Seeking Chat on Pathways to Safe, Effective Schooling in a Pandemic | 9/4/20, Andrew Revkin, The Earth Institute, Columbia University
FEMA Yanks Funding for Disinfecting Subways and Schools | 9/4/2020, Gothamist
Students, Teachers Make Plea to Delay Start of New York City Schools | 9/3/20, WABC TV NY
Rethinking Readiness with Jeff Schlegelmilch | 9/3/20, EM Weekly Podcast, SitchRadio
City Council Hears Plenty Of Skepticism On NYC School Reopening Plan | 9/3/20, Gothamist
Public Health Experts Fear Politics will Taint COVID-19 Vaccine Approval | 9/2/20, The Boston Globe
Joan Baez Supports New Earth Institute Pandemic Response Initiative | 9/1/20, State of the Planet, The Earth Institute, Columbia University
New Orleans Might be Better Prepared 15 Years After Hurricane Katrina, But Rising Sea Levels Pose Other Challenges | 9/1/20, The Weather Channel
Disasters are driving a mental health crisis. The only federal program to address it is underfunded. | 9/1/20, Gist
This Florida School is What a COVID-19 Fiasco in the Making Looks Like | 9/1/20, The Daily Beast
From Hurricane Katrina to Paradise Wildfires, Exploring Themes in Disaster Human Services | 9/1/20, The National Academies of Sciences Engineering Medicine

August

You Thought Our Border Policy Couldn’t Get Even Crueler? It Just Did. | 8/30/20, Op-Ed by Irwin Redlener and Sean Hansen, The Daily Beast
How to Heal Emotional Trauma After a Climate Disaster l 8/31/20, Ecowatch
What to pack in a ‘go bag’ for when disaster strikes | 8/27/20, CNN
How to Pack a Go Bag, According to Disaster Preparedness Experts | 8/26/20, Mic.com
Most Schools Have Long Had Pandemic Plans. But a Watchdog Warned Years Ago That Half of All Districts Had No Real Strategy for How to Operate If Classrooms Remained Closed | 8/25/20, The 74
How to Heal Emotional Wounds After a Disaster | 8/25/20, The Center for Public Integrity
Nueva York, de foco de la pandemia a mantener el virus a raya | 8/24/20, Que Pasa
Coming to Grips with Megadisasters | 8/23/20, The Hindu Business Line
I’m a psychologist who specializes in trauma. Here’s how parents can help their kids feel safe and stress-free returning to school, whether online or in person. | 8/21/20, Business Insider
New Guidance for Communicating With Kids About COVID-19 | 8/19/20, The State of the Planet, The Earth Institute, Columbia University
Vaccine Nationalism, Accelerated Trials and Trust | 8/18/20, Al Jazeera
UAE & Israel, Electric Brain, Megadisaster Readiness | 8/17/20, Julie Rose Radio
How a Biden Win Could Change the Course of America’s Coronavirus Pandemic | 8/13/20 in Newsweek
The ‘Second Wave’ Is Still to Come and the U.S. Has No Specific Plan to Deal With It | 8/11/20 in Newsweek
Rethinking Readiness Book Launch | 8/11/20, The Earth Institute, Columbia University
RANE Insights: Dealing With Megadisasters and Multifaceted Crises Part I and Part II | 8/4/20, RANE Insights

July

Why Some People Think They Aren’t at Risk for Coronavirus | 7/31/20, GovTech
Climate Risk Goes Beyond the ‘E’ in ESG: Webinar | 7/31/20, Benefits Canada
Rethinking Readiness with Jeff Schlegelmilch & the National Center for Disaster Preparedness | 7/31/20, Sitch Radio
Only 14 Percent Of State Prison Inmates Have Been Tested For COVID-19, Raising Risks Of Large Outbreak | 7/30/2020, Gothamist
When and How Should Schools Reopen? | 7/30/2020, The State of the Planet, The Earth Institute, Columbia University
Experimental New COVID Test Could Actually Change Everything | 7/29/2020, The Daily Beast
Doctor says ‘pathetic’ Trump is either suffering from ‘incurable madness’ or he’s intentionally trying to manipulate Americans | 7/29/2020, The Raw Story
‘This is health care moonshot time’: Pandemic pulls Biden, Dems further left | 7/28/2020, Politico
The Texas COVID-19 Death Surge Is Here, and It’s Terrifying | 7/28/2020, The Daily Beast
Discussing COVID-19 and crisis response with National Center for Disaster Preparedness director, author of ‘Rethinking Readiness’ | 7/28/2020, The Seattle Times
Why It Takes More Than Stockpiling Supplies and First Responder Training to Prepare for Megadisasters | 7/28/20, The Columbia University Press
Discussing COVID-19 and crisis response with National Center for Disaster Preparedness director, author of ‘Rethinking Readiness’ | 7/28/20, The Seattle Times
Book Giveaway! Rethinking Readiness: A Brief Guide to Twenty-First-Century Megadisasters, by Jeff Schlegelmilch | 7/28/20, Columbia University Blog
Amid Coronavirus Pandemic, Nonprofits Responding to Hurricanes and Other Disasters Face Volunteer, Funding Shortages | 7/24/20, The Weather Channel
On his book Rethinking Readiness: A Brief Guide to Twenty-First-Century Megadisasters | 7/22/20, Rorotoko
Hurricanes and COVID-19: A Puzzle on the Horizon | 7/21/2020, La Presse
Pandemic Must Serve to Prepare for More Mega-disasters, Says Expert | 7/21/20, Explica
As Schools Weigh Reopening, Dearth of Data on COVID in Kids | 7/21/2020, MedPageToday
Expert: Pandemic Should Serve to Boost Preparedness for Future Megadisasters | 7/21/20, La Prensa Latina Media
States Must Standardize Coronavirus Data, Former C.D.C. Director Says | 7/21/2020, The New York Times
Coming Soon? A Brief Guide to Twenty-First-Century Megadisasters | 7/20/20, Homeland Security New Wire
Conversation with Dr. Irwin Redlener | 7/17/2020, Expert Opinion with Rick Fuscone
The New Normal: Overwhelmed Morgues, Crowded Hospitals, Older Americans Stuck at Home | 7/17/2020, Politico
America’s Response to COVID-19 | 7/17/20, Teacher’s College
This Scientist Spends His Time Predicting The End Of The World | 7/16/20, Futurism
Disaster Expert: We Can Still Reduce the Impact of COVID-19 | 7/16/2020, Yahoo! Finance
Making the Connections: COVID-19 and Climate Change | 7/15/20, Alliance Bernstein
Profile of a killer: Unraveling the deadly new coronavirus | 7/15/2020, The Washington Post
Redlener: ‘I don’t see any way’ out of the pandemic until we have ‘genuine leadership’ | 7/14/2020, MSNBC
A dangerous new chapter of the outbreak: Every state for itself | 7/14/2020, Politico
Coming Soon? A Brief Guide to 21st-Century Mega disasters | 7/13/2020, The State of the Planet, The Earth Institute, Columbia University
Experto en desastres: aún podemos reducir el impacto del COVID-19 | 7/16/20, Digital Trends
How NY is preparing for its next COVID-19 outbreak | 7/12/2020, City&State
John Patrick Grace: 48 hours of news revealed much about Trump | 7/12/2020, Herald Dispatch
As virus rages in US, New York guards against another rise | 7/12/2020, Associated Press
One Full Wuhan Every Single Day in the USA… | 7/10/2020, Ramble with Michael Moore
Equinox Instructors Feel Betrayed And Scared As Gyms Start To Open | 7/8/2020, Buzzfeed News
Syringes are key to COVID-19 vaccine delivery. Trump is relying on two untested suppliers | 7/8/2020, Los Angeles Times
Irwin Redlener: We’re deep into this first wave. | 7/8/2020, The Stephanie Miller Show
A key metric — the share of coronavirus tests coming back positive — shows how states’ outbreaks have gotten out of control | 7/7/2020, The Business Insider
Nearly 350 public health organizations implore HHS Secretary Azar to support CDC’s critical role in the COVID-19 pandemic response | 7/7/2020, Trust For America’s Health
Coronavirus Roundup: A Red-Hot Real Estate Market in Upstate New York | 7/6/2020, The River Newsroom
Trump is in a dreamland’: what the US should do now on Covid-19 | 7/5/2020, The Guardian
Redlener: Trump operating in ‘alternative universe’ that he thinks pandemic is improving | 7/2/2020 in MSNBC
Trump slammed for claiming almost all US coronavirus infections are ‘harmless’ | 7/2/2020, News.com.au
Health Official Encourages Tapping Brakes On Reopening Process | 7/2/2020, WCBS 880 Radio
Columbia University Doctor: ‘Americans have got to hunker down’ until we get coronavirus vaccine | 7/1/2020, NBC
Tucker Carlson’s Journey From Coronavirus Alarm-Puller to COVID Truther | 7/01/2020, The Daily Beast

June

As states halt reopening of bars and indoor dining, public health experts urge more caution | 6/30/2020, NBC News
Jeff Schlegelmich Interview with Al Jazeera USA | 6/28/2020, Al Jazeera USA
Pinocchio Pence casts off reality and insists everything’s under control | 6/26/2020, The Guardian
New York’s Contact Tracers Are Still Facing Challenges | 6/26/2020, Gothamist
Worried About a Second Lockdown? Pray Things Work Out in NYC | 6/26/2020, The Daily Beast
Put Politics Aside, Not Your Masks | 6/25/2020, MedPage Today
Nobody has a bed anywhere’: Doctors address spike in cases across nation | 6/25/2020, MSNBC
Trump’s government is MIA as coronavirus pandemic worsens | 6/24/2020, MSNBC
Jeff Schlegelmilch to Lead National Center for Disaster Preparedness | 6/16/2020, The State of the Planet, The Earth Institute, Columbia University
Trump: Stop testing for COVID-19, and ‘we’d have very few cases, if any’ | 6/15/2020, WKBT/News8000
What will New York’s pandemic response look like in the future? | 6/15/2020, City and State NY
Could the Polio Vaccine Curb The Coronavirus Pandemic? | 6/14/2020, Forbes
Coronavirus first wave persist, second wave in fall expert says | 6/13/2020, MSNBC
Cher: “Today is the time to see the other” | 6/13/2020, La Nacion
Irwin Redlener: Alarming rise in COVID-19 cases ‘entirely predictable’ | 6/12/2020, MSNBC
Falsehoods and Failures: Trump During COVID-19 | 6/12/2020, People for the American Way
Prepare Now For Active Hurricane Season Affected By Pandemic | 6/12/2020, Insurance News Net
Are You Prepared for Another COVID-19 Outbreak? | 6/11/2020, Spectrum News
Positive COVID-19 Percentages Declining in Top 3 States Where NY Times Reports Cases Increasing | 6/10/2020, Breitbart
An American fiasco’: US hits grim milestone of 2m Covid-19 cases | 6/10/2020, The Guardian
Georgia’s primary election ‘catastrophe,’ a surge in COVID-19 cases and George Floyd’s legacy | 6/10/2020, NBC News
Fact Check: Trump Blames Testing for Spike in Virus Cases. Experts Fault Reopening of States. | 6/10/2020, NBC News
Columbia University Doctor: Coronavirus ‘data chaos is creating political opportunism’ | 6/9/2020, MSNBC
Biden emerges with a low-tech coronavirus strategy: Masks and distancing, but no testing | 6/8/2020, The Washington Post
Is it time we learned to live with the coronavirus? | 6/6/2020, Al Jazeera
Is the Stock Market’s Optimism for Economic Recovery Valid? | 6/5/2020, Seeking Alpha
Prepare now for an active hurricane season that is complicated by the pandemic. | 6/4/2020, The Florida Times-Union Jacksonville
New York hospitals prepare for a potential second wave of the coronavirus | 6/3/2020, Market Watch
Columbia’s Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy Launches Center for Pandemic Research | 6/2/2020, Columbia News
Pandemic strains emergency responders with more disasters on horizon | 6/1/2020, Michigan Advance
COVID-19 cases skyrocket among younger Americans as states reopen | 6/1/2020, The Raw Story
Pro-Trump donors in huge cash drive to boost doctors pushing states to reopen | 6/1/2020, The Guardian
States brace for disasters as pandemic collides with hurricane season | 6/1/2020, Politico
A COVID-19 Surge in Young People May Sabotage Reopening | 6/1/2020, The Daily Beast
Hurricane Season Is Coming, and It’s Showing No Mercy During the Pandemic | 6/1/2020, BeLatina

May

Will the Protests Spark a Second COVID-19 Outbreak? | 5/31/2020, The Daily Beast
Podcast from Washington: Interview with Jeffrey Schlegelmilch | 5/30/20, NACCHO Podcast
Report Outlines Path to Safe Reopening During COVID-19| 5/29/2020, State of the Planet
What telehealth brings to opioid use treatment | 5/29/2020, Politico
S. Passes Grim Threshold of 100,000 Coronavirus Deaths, and CDC Projects More Than 123,000 by June 20| 5/29/2020, Fair Warning
Hey, media: Trump’s massive pandemic failure is still happening — it’s not in the past | 5/29/2020, Salon
Redlener: Trump seems to be ‘missing in action’ in showing empathy | 5/28/2020, MSNBC
This Disaster Season, ‘Everything Is Complicated by COVID-19’ | 5/28/2020, Pew Trusts
Bad state data hides coronavirus threat as Trump pushes reopening | 5/27/2020, Politico
Charlotte shouldn’t be a test case for COVID-19. Here’s what the RNC needs to do next. | 5/27/2020, The Charlotte Observer
COVID-19: Old Lessons, New Challenges | 5/27/2020, DC News
Embracing a new reality: Coronavirus may never go away, even with a vaccine | 5/27/2020, The Washington Post
Coronavirus infections on the rise in 18 states | 5/27/2020, WNKY40
Tracking Utah’s mental health care needs during COVID-19… trends not clear yet | 5/26/2020, KSL News Radio
First Came the Virus. Next Come the Storms. | 5/26/2020, The Atlantic
Redlener: We’re reopening ‘way too fast’ and ‘playing a risky game’ | 5/26/2020, MSNBC
Draconian’? ‘House arrest’? Coronavirus lockdowns prompt raft of lawsuits against states | 5/25/2020, USA Today
Redlener: ‘Disaster’ for states to reopen without enough testing | 5/25/2020, MSNBC
Deadly Extreme Weather is the New Normal | 5/23/20, Op-Ed by Jeff Schlegelmilch, The Hill
Republicans Use Potentially Lethal Drug Hydroxychloroquine as Trump Bait | 5/23/2020, The Daily Beast
Pandemic expert on the dangers of rushing a COVID-19 vaccine | 5/22/2020, MSNBC
Scientists say new, lower CDC estimates of Covid-19’s severity are optimistic | 5/22/2020, NPR/Center for Public Integrity
COVID-19 Highlights the Need to Plan for Joint Disasters | 5/22/2020, The State of the Planet, Earth Institute, Columbia University
Americans venture out for holiday travel in a test of containment | 5/22/2020, Stars and Stripes
The US is in for a brutal—and expensive—hurricane season | 5/21/2020, Quartz
“It’s a wonderful language” | 5/21/2020, Explica
Cher, tras debutar cantando en español con “Chiquitita”: “Es un idioma maravilloso” | 5/20/2020, Telemundo Houston
COVID-19 case studies: Anatomy of three “super-spreader” clusters | 5/19/2020, New Atlas
Redlener: Trump has become a ‘public health hazard’ with dangerous promotion of anti-malaria drug | 5/19/2020, MSNBC
Disastrous Arkansas COVID Cluster Spells Trouble for Church Openings | 5/19/2020, The Daily Beast
‘Don’t Come’: Hawaii Mothballs $17.8 Billion Tourist Industry | 5/19/2020, Bloomberrg Law
Exclusive: Singer Cher talks about her first song in Spanish and how she’s helping minorities | 5/18/2020, People Espanol
Spotlight: Difficulties abound on NYC’s road to reopen | 5/17/2020, Xinhua
Aftershock: If coronavirus swells in a second wave later this year, will the nation be ready? | 5/17/2020, USA Today
COVID-19 curves differ in the four quadrants of the U.S. | 5/15/2020, MSNBC
Trump’s claim of a coronavirus vaccine by January is ‘preposterous’ | 5/15/2020, MSNBC
Cuomo, de Blasio can’t agree on how many New Yorkers have died from coronavirus | 5/14/2020, Politico
America’s New Class – The Expendables | 5/13/2020, Swift County Monitor News
Different Takes: Systemic Inequalities Throttling Native Americans, Children In Poverty, Meat Plant Workers | 5/13/2020, Kaiser Health News
A hurricane or wildfire will likely hit while the US is still fighting the coronavirus, compounding both disasters. Officials are preparing now. | 5/13/2020, The Business Insider
Emergency managers working nonstop to prep Gulf Coast for hurricanes amid coronavirus | 5/13/2020, SunHerald
Redlener: Early reopening ‘going to be a death sentence for people’ | 5/12/2020, MSNBC
MSNBC public editor: Who benefits from remdesivir coverage? | 5/12/2020, Columbia Journalism Review
Leaked White House data shows infections spiking more than 1,000% in rural areas that backed Trump | 5/12/2020, Salon
Today’s children are the pandemic generation. For millions, the future is now grim. | 5/12/2020, The Washington Post
Trump points to ‘the numbers,’ which don’t say what he thinks they say | 5/12/2020, MSNBC
Don’t open businesses until rapid reliable testing available everywhere | 5/12/2020, The Hill
NY Health Officials Caught Off Guard By New Childhood Illness Linked To COVID-19 | 5/11/2020, Breitbart
As States Rush to Reopen, Scientists Fear a Coronavirus Comeback | 5/11/2020, International Business Times
Coronavirus US Response: Trump Tweets That Cases Down, Despite Evidence To The Contrary | 5/11/2020, NBC News
Fact check: Trump falsely claims coronavirus numbers are ‘going down almost everywhere’ | 5/11/2020, Breitbart
Historian: ‘Fear’ Caused Economy to Shut Down in 1918 Pandemic, Not Government Orders | 5/10/2020, Huffington Post
Disaster Expert Nails What Trump, Pence Just Aren’t Grasping Amid The Pandemic | 5/9/2020, MSNBC
Pence press secretary Katie Miller tests positive for coronavirus | 5/8/2020, Breitbart
In Puerto Rico, a glimpse of the future of resilient energy | 5/8/2020, The Hill
German churches stopped singing to prevent virus’s spread. Should Americans clam up, too? | 5/8/2020, The Washington Post
Helping Children Through Pandemic: Putnam Experts | 5/7/2020, Patch
Exclusive: Dr. Irwin Redlener: Businesses Need Fast ‘Point-of-Care’ Coronavirus Testing Because We Might Not Get a Vaccine or ‘Sustained Immunity’ | 5/7/2020, Breitbart
Cher Sings in Spanish to Raise Funds for Pandemic Victims | 5/7/2020, BeLatina
Trump’s push to reopen US risks ‘death sentence’ for many, experts warn | 5/6/2020, The Guardian
Experts Predict Second Wave For Coronavirus: Will College Campuses Really Reopen In The Fall? | 5/6/2020, Forbes
FEMA Already Had Its Hands Full With Climate Disasters. Then Came the Coronavirus | 5/6/2020, Mother Jones
Child Advocates Offer Advice about Protecting Children in COVID-19 Crisis | 5/5/2020, Hamlet Hub
Mayor Nan Whaley On Reopening Dayton; Expert Warns Nation Against It | 5/5/2020, Cincinnati Public Radio
How Cher Is Combatting Coronavirus: Exclusive | 5/4/2020, Billboard
Cher Releases Spanish Version Of Abba’s Classic ‘Chiquitita’ In Support of UNICEF | 5/4/2020, Broadway World
States are easing coronavirus restrictions and ‘it’s going to cost lives,’ researcher says | 5/1/2020, CNN
Disaster experts urge governors not to reopen businesses yet | 5/1/2020, CNN
Coronavirus pandemic in the US | 5/1/2020, CNN
Pandemics affect everyone: What’s this one doing to the kids? | 5/1/2020, Market Watch

April

A New Model Is Predicting “One of the Most Active Atlantic Hurricane Seasons on Record” | 4/30/2020, Boston Magazine
The Answer Column: Is A Hallway Soirée Okay? | 4/30/2020, West Side Rag
The problem with the Covid-19 death numbers | 4/30/2020, CNN
Fauci says drug remdesivir shows ‘clear’ promise treating COVID-19 | 4/29/2020, MSNBC
Trump’s (very) brief period of coronavirus mourning | 4/28/2020, NBC News
Doctor says testing, tracing the way to reopen economies | 4/27/2020, MSNBC
Sunlight can kill coronavirus ‘within minutes’, US Homeland Security study claims | 4/26/2020, Brinkwire
Fox News Didn’t Immediately Challenge Trump’s Disinfectant Remark | 4/26/2020, Haaretz
Trump compared by doctor to cult leader Jim Jones for suggesting his followers poison themselves | 4/25/2020, RawStory
A Candidate in Isolation: Inside Joe Biden’s Cloistered Campaign | 4/25/2020, The New York Times
Editorial: Models, death rates and the coronavirus | 4/25/2020, Las Vegas Review-Journal
Injections, light and disinfectant: Trump makes news at coronavirus briefing | 4/25/2020, The Washington Post
While no ready-made emergency preparedness kit is perfect, experts say Judy’s is a good starting point | 4/25/2020, The Business Insider
DSASTRG33K Symposium – Disasters and Health: State of Science | 4/24/20, Columbia NCDMPH
Experts Denounce Trump’s ‘Dangerous’ Theories of UV Light and Disinfectant to Kill COVID-19 | 4/24/2020, EcoWatch
Fox didn’t immediately challenge Trump’s disinfectant remark | 4/24/2020, The Hour
More Testing Is Needed to Reopen Economy | 4/24/2020, Newsmax’s National Report
What has Joe Biden’s coronavirus advisory group been doing? | 4/24/2020, Yahoo! News
Sunlight can kill coronavirus ‘within minutes’, US Homeland Security study claims | 4/24/2020, Mirror
‘Jaw-Dropping’: Trump Slammed for Touting Dangerous New Virus Treatments After Favored Drug Is Discredited | 4/24/2020, The Daily Beast
Jeff Schlegelmilch to Newsmax TV: We ‘Absolutely’ Need More Testing | 4/23/2020, Newsmax
What can be done in the Covid-19 fight for Black lives? | 4/21/2020, The Final Call
Understanding Trauma: NHC Resiliency Task Force offers virtual screenings of informative documentary | 4/21/2020, Encore
Absent: Prioritizing Recovery for Our Nation’s Schools | 4/20/2020, The State of the Planet, The Earth Institute, Columbia University
‘We have a long ways to go’ before reopening safely following coronavirus shutdowns, analyst says | 4/18/2020, NBC Today
How realistic is Trump’s re-opening plan and what does it really spell out for America? Guidelines could see bars reopen in four weeks but offer NO plan for rolling out massive testing needed to control new outbreaks | 4/17/2020, The Daily Mail UK
NY still doesn’t have enough PPE | 4/17/2020, City & State
Redlener: Those downplaying coronavirus are disconnected from reality | 4/16/2020, MSNBC
Coronavirus: Gaps in Preparedness, Coordination Costing Lives | 4/16/2020, GovTech
What Happens When Other Disasters Hit during a Pandemic? | 4/16/2020, Scientific American
Coronavirus: 19.1 Million Hydroxychloroquine Tablets Shipped To US Cities To Treat COVID-19 Patients | 4/16/2020, Latin Times
Five reasons why New York City has been hit so hard by coronavirus | 4/16/2020, Yahoo! News
Worldwide coronavirus infections surge past 2 million, U.S. deaths top 28,000 | 4/15/2020, The Washington Post
Redlener: It is ‘absolutely inevitable’ that we’ll see a second wave of coronavirus | 4/15/2020, MSNBC
They were waiting for the Big One. Then coronavirus arrived. | 4/15/2020, MIT Technology Review
Frontline volunteers caught up in red tape, wooed to private hospitals instead | 4/15/2020, Politico
The Health 202: Coronavirus testing is stalling. That’s not a good sign for re-opening the U.S. economy. | 4/15/2020, The Washington Post
FEMA ships out nearly 20 million hydroxychloroquine tablets | 4/14/2020, Politico
Some answers on why New York has been hit so badly by the coronavirus | 4/13/2020, Intallaght
America set up black communities to be harder hit by COVID-19 | 4/13/2020, Brinkwire
Climate Change Won’t Stop for the Coronavirus Pandemic | 4/13/2020, ProPublica
Dozens Are Killed as Tornadoes and Severe Weather Strike Southern States | 4/13/2020, The New York Times
Explained: Why New York Took Massive COVID-19 Hit | 4/12/2020 in NDTV
How New York surpassed Europe’s worst-hit countries in coronavirus deaths? | 4/11/2020, Global Village Space
Inside America’s 2-Decade Failure to Prepare for Coronavirus | 4/11/2020, Politico
Covid-19. Why New York has been the most affected by the pandemic? | 4/11/2020, OICanadian
Coronavirus: Why have so many died in New York? | 4/10/2020, Raw Story
New Initiative Aims To Train 1 Million Volunteer Community Health Workers To Help Tackle COVID-19 | 4/09/2020, The University Network
Coronavirus Spreads to Africa, Experts Warn of Catastrophe | 4/09/2020, Bullet News
New York records worst death toll in pandemic, as 731 die in one day | 4/09/2020, World Socialist Web Site
COVID-19 disproportionately affecting communities of color | 4/9/2020, Newsmax’s National Report
Hispanic and black New Yorkers are dying at highest rates from coronavirus | 4/08/2020, Politico
COVID-19 Update; NYC’s ‘Food Czar’; Passover Workarounds; 2020 Census FAQs | 4/08/2020, Brian Lehrer Show
Race, Pollution and the Coronavirus | 4/08/2020, The New York Times
Is It Safe to Order Groceries and Takeout During a Pandemic? | 4/08/2020, The Daily Beast
It is an existential threat’: As coronavirus spreads to Africa, health experts warn of catastrophe | 4/07/2020, Yahoo News
How to help kids (and parents) cope with the coronavirus crisis | 4/07/2020, K5 News
Staggering Surge of NYers Dying In Their Homes Suggests City Is Undercounting Coronavirus Fatalities | 4/07/2020, Gothamist
A Temporary Moment in Time | 4/06/2020, The New Yorker
S. Hospitals Surveyed Plea For More Federal Coordination Of Testing And Supplies | 4/06/2020, NPR
The one-two punch of coronavirus and climate change could be a disaster waiting to happen | 4/05/2020, Indy Star
New Hanover County Hosts Workshop Focused on Needs of Children in Disasters | 4/4/2020, WECT News 6
This Entrepreneur Built Tent Floors After Hurricane Katrina. Now He’s Building A Pop-Up Coronavirus Hospital | 4/03/2020, Forbes
We’re all stressed out’: Parenting in a pandemic puts additional stress on families, children | 4/02/2020, Buzz Feed News
Coronavirus deaths reach a grim milestone | 4/2/2020, Newsmax’s National Report
Democrats Postpone Convention, and a Test of Wills With Republicans Looms | 4/02/2020, The New York Times
Coronavirus: As deaths soar, should NY leaders have acted sooner? | 4/02/2020, The Times Herald-Record
In virus epicenter NYC, disaster guru puts blame squarely on Trump White House | 4/02/2020, Times of Israel
Fact-checking President Donald Trump’s claims about coronavirus | 4/02/2020, NBC News
Social Distancing Might Stop. And Start. And Stop. And Start. Until We Have A Vaccine. | 4/01/2020, Buzz Feed News
Examining the past, present and future of the COVID-19 pandemic | 4/01/2020, Ohio State News
Foreign-trained doctors should be called in to help fight COVID-19 | 4/01/2020, The Star Ledger
Can New York Create A Unified Hospital System To Respond To The Coronavirus Pandemic? | 4/01/2020, Gothamist
Trump Said Coronavirus Would ‘Unbelievably’ Be Gone By April. Well, It’s April | 4/01/2020, Huffington Post
National Press Treats Donald Trump’s ‘Sociopathic Tendencies’ As ‘Taboo,’ Award-Winning Journalist Claims | 4/01/2020, Inquisitr

March

‘Everybody’s in the same boat’: Coronavirus drives New York’s hospitals to breaking point | 3/31/2020, Politico
Trump keeps accusing health care workers of stealing medical supplies | 3/31/2020, The American Independent
To Fight Coronavirus, States Call on Retired Medical Staff and New Graduates | 3/31/2020, The Wall Street Journal
Coronavirus deniers take aim at hospitals as pandemic grows take aim at hospitals as pandemic grows | 3/30/2020, NBC News
Coronavirus timeline: How to find the actual truth | 3/30/2020, NOQ Report
The Health 202: Joe Biden is likely to draw on Obama health experts if he wins the White House | 3/30/2020, The Washington Post
Coronavirus Silent Spreaders Poised to Unleash Second Wave of Disaster | 3/29/2020, News Parliament
California Gov. Gavin Newsom Says Federal Government Sent ‘170 Broken Ventilators’ | 3/29/2020, Time Magazine
Silent Coronavirus Spreaders Could Unleash Second Wave of Disaster | 3/29/2020, The Daily Beast
We must find ways to adapt to the changes | 3/28/2020, Observer Dispatch
Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic Means Lots of Ways to Help | 3/28/2020, News Parliament
De Blasio’s coronavirus crisis | 3/28/2020, Politico
David Miliband: ‘The highest price will be paid by the most vulnerable’ | 3/28/2020, MSNBC
Why did Florida get all the emergency supplies it requested when other states didn’t? | 3/27/2020, Orlando Weekly
Walking is one of the best things you can do for your health amid coronavirus | 3/27/2020, The New York Post
Disaster Expert Slams Donald Trump’s ‘Preposterous’ Coronavirus Claim | 3/27/2020, Huffington Post
Coronavirus: Expert Resources for Journalists | 3/27/2020, Earth Institute’s State of the Planet
New Orleans emerging as a new COVID-19 Hotspot | 3/26/20, Newsmax’s National Report
Crisis Standards of Care in the COVID-19 Response | 3/26/20, Newsmax’s National Report
Redlener: Trump admin. sending ‘mixed messages based on ignorance’ for coronavirus response | 3/26/2020, MSNBC
Mississippi governor rejects statewide lockdown | 3/26/2020 in MSNBC
Southern African Countries Face Disease Outbreaks, Mental Health Crisis in Wake of Cyclone Idai | 3/26/20, Earther – Gizmodo
Anthony Fauci Says He Would Prescribe Chloroquine To Coronavirus Patients | 3/25/2020, Inquisitr
States Get Creative to Find and Deploy More Health Workers In COVID-19 Fight | 3/25/2020, NPR Morning Edition
880 In Depth: Public Health Official Warns Of ‘Italy-Like’ Crisis In US | 3/25/2020, 880 Radio
Virtual Earth Institute COVIC-10 Briefing | 3/25/2020, Columbia University Earth Institute
Trump promotes going back to normal as doctors say otherwise | 3/24/2020, MSNBC
Disaster Preparedness expert ‘flabbergasted’ Trump thinks he can reopen everything by Easter: ‘It’s mind-boggling’ | 3/24/2020, Raw Story
Oxford University Ready to Test Anti-Malaria Drug Hydroxychloroquine on Coronavirus Patients | 3/24/2020, Breitbart
Coronavirus Doctors in U.S. Keep Getting Sick. What Happens Next? | 3/23/2020, News Parliament
Chloroquine May Be ‘Very Unsafe’ For Treating Coronavirus, Doctor Says | 3/23/2020, Inquisitr
Joe Biden Campaign Names Indian American Former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy to Advisory Panel on COVID-19 | 3/23/2020, India West
Climate Risk Management: Assessing and Managing the Risks Posed by Climate Change | 3/22/20, RANE
Grocery Stores Are Packed with People—And Workers Are Scared & Stressed | 3/22/2020, Gothamist
How South Korea Solved Its Acute Hospital-Bed Shortage | 3/22/2020, The Wall Street Journal
Coronavirus Doctors in U.S. Keep Getting Sick. What Happens Next? | 3/22/2020, News Parliament
Irwin Redlener: We are in the early stages of a crazy hospital crisis, ERS Running out of protective gear | 3/21/2020, Breitbart
There’s A Federal System for Signing Up Medical Volunteers — But It’s Neglected | 3/21/2020, NPR Rocks WUKY
Doctors use television and social media to sound the alarm: “We need masks today” | 3/20/2020, Press Stories
Doctors using TV and social media to sound the alarm: ‘We need masks today’ | 3/20/2020, News Channel 21, KTVZ
Doctors using TV and social media to sound the alarm: ‘We need masks today’ | 3/20/2020, CNN
Fmr Obama ebola czar: Americans shouldn’t listen to Trump about coronavirus | 3/20/2020, MSNBC
Haunted by Italy scenario, N.J. rushes to add hospital beds | 3/20/2020, PBS WHYY
Here’s why Florida got all the emergency medical supplies it requested while other states did not | 3/20/2020, CT Mirror
In pandemic, word definitions shift and new lexicon emerges | 3/20/2020, Associated Press
The Best-Case Outcome for the Coronavirus, and the Worst | 3/20/2020, The New York Times
Surge facilities deployed in anticipation of more COVID-19 hospitalizations | 3/19/20, Newsmax’s National Report
Shelter-in-Place Orders Under Broader Consideration or COVID-19 | 3/19/20, Newsmax’s National Report
Massachusetts hospitals facing coronavirus get ‘creative’ as ventilator shortages loom | 3/19/2020, The Boston Herald
Re-review: 2011 film ‘Contagion’ predicts features of COVID-19 pandemic | 3/19/2020, The Voice
S. government preparing for possibility of 18-month pandemic | 3/19/2020, LifeSite News
Americans facing a new normal midst coronavirus pandemic | 3/18/2020 in MSNBC
Coronavirus Update: Tarrytown lab working to create COVID-19 treatment, vaccine | 3/18/2020, ABC Eyewitness News 7
New York’s Food Distribution Networks Brace for an Unprecedented Threat | 3/18/2020, The New York Times
Trump Administration’s Coronavirus Response ‘Greatest Failure’ Of US Government ‘In My Lifetime | 3/18/2020, Inquisitr
Changing America’s way of life? | 3/17/2020, The Final Call
Coronavirus crisis puts medical experts center stage on cable, network newscasts | 3/17/2020, Fox NEWs
Is the Bay Area’s ‘Unprecedented’ Lockdown the First Of Many? | 3/17/2020, Kaiser Health News
As U.S. Braces for Coronavirus to Spread, Hospitals Worry About Shortages | 3/16/2020, Time
Hakeem Jeffries; Biden and Sanders Debate; Dr. Irwin Redlener Working from Home | 3/16/2020, WNYC Brian Lehrer Show
State public health cuts hamper coronavirus containment: Experts | 3/16/2020, ABC News
Tourists Deal with Prolonged Airport Strains As Coronavirus Screenings Start out: NPR | 3/16/2020, NPR
Hospitals prepare for the worst on coronavirus, and it’s not pretty | 3/15/2020, AOL News
Local Councilmember Mark Levine Says Widespread Testing is No Longer Useful | 3/15/2020, West Side Rag
Meet the Press – March 15, 2020 | 3/15/2020, NBC Meet the Press
Tips on how to shop amid coronavirus stockpiling | 3/15/2020, NBC 5 Southern Oregon
While the Governor suggested it might be nine to 14 weeks before New York’s healthcare system | 3/15/2020, Gothamist
‘An international embarrassment’: Trump leveled by infectious disease expert for coronavirus response disaster | 3/14/2020, Raw Story
Bioethicist who thinks people should die at 75 advising Biden on coronavirus | 3/14/2020, LifeSite News
Coronavirus is already here. Blocking travelers won’t prevent its spread. | 3/14/2020, Vox
Hospitals prepare for the worst on coronavirus, and it’s not a pretty picture | 3/14/2020, Yahoo News
MSNBC Panel Widely Speculates About Trump Having Coronavirus, Blasts Hand-Shaking | 3/14/2020, Media ITE
Tips on how to shop amid coronavirus stockpiling | 3/14/2020, NBC Southern Oregon
Ultimately, coronavirus will affect the poor most, point out numerous studies | 3/14/2020, IBT Times
US hospitals are scrambling to prepare for a potential surge in coronavirus cases | 3/14/2020, Business Insider
Virus May Stretch Capacity of US Hospitals to Breaking Point | 3/14/2020, Bloomberg News
What the US health system needs now to fight COVID-19 | 3/14/2020, PBS Newshour
Coronavirus testing comes under criticism in SC, US | 3/13/2020, Greenville News
Irwin Redlener on coronavirus: ‘Our hospital systems need to be more ready than they currently are | 3/13/2020, Fox News
Expert: We’re in worse shape than Italy | 3/13/2020, CNN Politics
Former director at USAID: Social distancing is ‘critically important’ | 3/13/2020, MSNBC
HHS Official Ducks Whether There’ll Be Enough ICU Beds and Ventilators Available For Coronavirus Patients | 3/13/2020, Hot Air
Marni Soupcoff: Outbreaks are not an excuse to trample our rights | 3/13/2020, National Post
Preparedness Expert Rings Alarm Bell On Potential ‘Onslaught’ Of Hospitals, Ventilators | 3/13/2020, Talking Points Memo
US hospitals plan for ‘COVID-19 cabanas’, conference rooms to house patients | 3/13/2020, Channel News Asia CAN
WHO declares COVID-19 a Pandemic | 3/12/20 on Newsmax’s National Report
As COVID-19 spreads, National Guard deployed to support response | 3/12/20, Newsmax’s National Report
Gotta fly? Wash your hands early and often to keep COVID-19 from following you home | 3/12/2020, Popular Science
Hospitals plan for ‘COVID cabanas,’ conference rooms to house patients | 3/12/2020, Reuters
Joe Biden campaign announces new coronavirus committee to provide counsel as pandemic fears escalate | 3/12/2020, CNBC Politics
Should Trump copy China’s aggressive Coronavirus strategy? | 3/12/2020, Newsweek
The Met, Guggenheim & Most Of NYC’s Cultural Institutions Announce Temporary Closure In Response To Coronavirus | 3/12/2020, Gothamist
Trump’s confounding ‘America First’ coronavirus address | 3/12/2020, Politico
Trump’s Brand Is Chaos | 3/12/2020, Common Dreams
Universities across US shut down classrooms | 3/12/2020, China Daily.com
Broadway Usher Has Reportedly Tested Positive for Coronavirus | 3/11/2020, Gothamist
Coronavirus in New York: What public health experts say about New Rochelle containment area | 3/11/2020, USA Network: Iohud
Coronavirus May Disproportionately Hurt the Poor—And That’s Bad for Everyone | 3/11/2020, Time
Coronavirus updates: Trump meets with Wall Street execs, March Madness closed to fans | 3/11/2020, CNBC
Joe Biden cancels Chicago rally and fundraisers in wake of coronavirus crisis | 3/11/2020, Chicago Sun Times
Most Americans Will Likely Be Exposed to Coronavirus, Republicans Told | 3/11/2020, The Daily Beast
One gathering not canceled in Honolulu: A conference on risk management | 3/11/2020, Hawaii News Now
Overnight Health Care — Presented by Philip Morris International — Trump to deliver Oval Office statement on coronavirus | WHO declares pandemic | States impose drastic measures | Dems jam GOP with economic package | 3/11/2020, The Hill
Subways, Airports in Costly Rush to Clean Amid Virus Threat | 3/11/2020, Bloomberg News
The Coronavirus Has Dangerously Inverted the Long-Standing White House Theme | 3/10/2020, The Atlantic
More ‘extreme measures’ needed as coronavirus spreads, says disaster preparedness expert | 3/10/2020, Fox News
Bottled water, batteries, and toilet paper: 2 experts share the items that aren’t necessary to stockpile amid coronavirus fears | 3/10/2020, The Business Insider
Rising concerns over available coronavirus test kits in the US | 3/9/2020, MSNBC
Columbia temporarily cancels class, quarantines affiliate after exposure to COVID-19 | 3/8/2020, The Columbia Spectator
What can we learn from the deadly #AlabamaTornado? | 3/7/20, Op-Ed by Irwin Redlener, The Hill
Columbia U doctor on federal response to coronavirus: ‘gross amateur hour incompetence’ | 3/6/2020, MSNBC
Federal govt. increasingly struggling w/ coronavirus response, containment–Elizabeth Warren drops out, leaving Bernie vs. Biden–California’s GOP hopeful in recapturing some congressional districts | 3/5/2020, KNX Radio
WCBS 880 In-Depth: NYC’s Top Expert On Disaster Planning Breaks Down Coronavirus | 3/05/2020, WCBS
The Coronavirus Is a Pandemic, and We’re Not Prepared | 3/5/2020, The Daily Beast
It’s Too Late to Fight Coronavirus by Curbing U.S. Travel | 3/3/2020, Bloomberg
CDC Criticized For Its Slow Release Of Coronavirus Testing Kits | 3/3/2020, WBUR News
11TH HOUR WAPO: Trump aide calls coronavirus response ‘complete chaos’ | 3/2/2020, MSNBC
Coronavirus: CDC ‘withholding’ potentially lifesaving information from doctors | 3/2/2020, Independent
Coronavirus patient in San Antonio mistakenly released | 3/2/2020, The Hill
Most Americans are not prepared for a disaster. Now survival kits are all over Instagram. | 3/2/2020, VOX

February

Is This Coronavirus ‘the Big One’? | 2/29/2020, The New York Times
Massachusetts officials ramp up coronavirus prep, but experts say specific measures needed | 2/28/2020, The Boston Herald
Financial Literacy & Disaster Preparedness: How Individuals and Organizations Can Prepare for an Uncertain Future | 2/28/20, 2019 Governor’s Conference on Emergency Homeland Security
Disaster Preparedness Official: Don’t Panic Over Coronavirus Yet, But Be Aware | 2/28/2020, Interview on WCBS 880
Coronavirus In The Tri-State Area: How Prepared Are We Really? | 2/27/2020, CBS New York
Coronavirus Update: CDC Goes Dark As California Reports First Possible Case Of Community Spread | 2/27/2020, Gothamist
Syrian refugees are experiencing their worst crisis to date. Coronavirus will make it worse. | 2/27/2020 Op-Ed by Irwin Redlener and Sean Hansen, The Washington Post
Trump, seeking to tamp down fears of coronavirus, names Pence to lead response | 2/26/2020, The Los Angeles Times
The Terrifying Reality of Trump’s Coronavirus Promise | 2/25/2020, The Daily Beast
What coronavirus teaches us for preventing the next big bio threat | 2/24/2020, Op-Ed by Ellen Carlin and Jeff Schlegelmilch, The Hill
Code and Response Documentary: MWC 2019 Trailer | 2/22/20, IBM Call for Code
Our Experts Answer the Coronavirus Questions You’re Afraid to Ask | 2/20/20, The Daily Beast
Pentagon to extend the availability of 4 military bases to help with coronavirus efforts: official | 2/15/2020, Fox New (Video interview)
China’s Coronavirus App Is Alerting Citizens When They’re in Danger of Being Infected | 2/12/2020, Mental Floss
Coronavirus Cruise Ship Fiasco Points to Possible ‘Super-Spreader’| 2/11/2020, Yahoo News
China launches coronavirus tracking app as death toll surpasses 1,000 | 2/11/2020, ABC News
Financing Catastrophe: 4 Ways We Pay for Disasters | 2/11/20, The Hill
How much should we worry about the new coronavirus? | 2/7/2020 Op-Ed by Irwin Redlener, The Hill
US declares emergency over coronavirus, announces temporary travel ban | 2/3/2020, ABC News
Experts: Family doctors should prep for possible coronavirus cases
1/30/2020, Bucks County Courier Times
U.S., China Beef Escalates as CDC Chases Coronavirus Vaccine | 1/28/2020, The Daily Beast
US declares public health emergency over coronavirus, announces temporary travel ban | 1/21/2020, ABC News