Why Houston is uniquely situated to be better prepared for the coronavirus threat

Public health officials in the Houston metropolitan area feel they are prepared to deal with the coronavirus threat, partly due to their proximity to UTMB’s Galveston National Laboratory. “There’s a lot of reasons why it’s a concern, but the world id doing its best to control it,” said UTMB’s James Le Duc. “In the past two decades, the U.S. government has invested heavily in preparedness issues.” [See the attached file for the full text of the story.]