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Flooding Poses Hidden Health Hazards

Harris County health officials say the recent rains and floods have contaminated many of the waterways in the Greater Houston region. After the Memorial Day floods last year, we discussed what kind of health hazards such weather events usher in. We spoke with Dr. Scott Lea, Associate Professor and Infectious Diseases Clinic Director, in the […]

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Harris County health officials say the recent rains and floods have contaminated many of the waterways in the Greater Houston region.

After the Memorial Day floods last year, we discussed what kind of health hazards such weather events usher in. We spoke with Dr. Scott Lea, Associate Professor and Infectious Diseases Clinic Director, in the Department of Internal Medicine's Division of Infectious Diseases at UTMB. He started by explaining why residents shouldn't allow pets to frolick in these large bodies of standing water.