Opinion: The staggering toll of this constant state of emergency | CNN

Opinion: The staggering toll of this constant state of emergency | CNN

Publisher’s note: Brenda Rivera-Garcia, DVM, MPH is Senior Director of Programs for Latin America and the Caribbean at Americares, a former visiting scholar with the dengue branch of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and a territorial epidemiologist at the Department of Health of Puerto Rico. The opinions expressed in this comment are … Read more

Kentucky mental health professionals dealing with case overload after multiple disasters

Kentucky mental health professionals dealing with case overload after multiple disasters

Corina Hall remembers looking out her window and watching her car be submerged by water shortly before 4 a.m. on March 1, 2021. Minutes later, water soaked her feet in her bathroom.  Hall said that shocked her. She didn’t expect the water to keep rising, and she didn’t know what to do. “I’m sitting there … Read more

Study finds repeated exposure to natural disasters has long-term mental health impacts

Study finds repeated exposure to natural disasters has long-term mental health impacts

ANI | Updated: January 15, 2022 13:39 IST Texas [US]January 15 (ANI): According to recent research, repeated exposure to major disasters does not make people mentally stronger and leads to long-term mental health problems.The study has been published in the ‘Natural Hazards Journal’.“We discovered the reverse of the adage ‘what doesn’t kill you makes you … Read more